Naro Weighed

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Naro Weighed
location
Basic data
Country Bhutan
District Thimphu
surface 277 km²
Residents 189 (2005)
density 0.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2 BT-15

Coordinates: 27 ° 40 '  N , 89 ° 32'  E

Naro ( Dzongkha : ན་ རོ་ ) is one of eight Gewogs (blocks) of the Dzongkhag Thimphu in Western Bhutan . Together with the Lingzhi Gewog and the Soe Gewog , it forms the sub-district (Drungkhag) Lingzhi. Naro Gewog is in turn divided into five Chiwogs (constituencies). According to the 2005 census, 189 people live in this weight in an area of ​​277 km² in around 35 households.

The Gewog is located in the north of the Thimphu District, extends over altitudes between 3800 and 5489  m and is one of the most inaccessible Gewogs. It can only be reached via mule tracks . The population makes their living as nomadic yak herders . Although this generates relatively high incomes, the standard of living is low. There is no medical infrastructure or educational facilities. The Gewogs children attend schools in the neighboring Gewogs.

Chiwog Villages or hamlets
Moentsiphoog
སྨོན་ རྕི་ ཕུག་
Gangbu
Moentsiphoog
Zigu
Barshong Nango
བར་ ཤོང _ ནང་ སྒོ་
Barshong
Zhomthang
ཞོམ་ ཐང་
Gungiona
Goedshog
Sipchu
Walithang
Waza
Zhomthang
Pagoed
པ་ རྒོད་
Jagoethang
Chungdulo
Naro
Khasho
Pagoed
Tagsidthang
སྟག་ སྲིད་ ཐང་
Tagsidthang
Lhayulhaetoed

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