Naro Weighed
Naro Weighed | |
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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 |
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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 |
Web links
- Naro. Dzongkhag Administration Thimphu, Bhutan, archived from the original on October 9, 2012 ; accessed on March 7, 2017 (English).
- Chiwogs in Thimphu. (PDF, 5.6 MB) Election Commission, Government of Bhutan , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2017 .
- Results of Population & Housing Census of Bhutan 2005. (PDF, 27.9 MB) Office of the Census Commissioner, 2006, p. 76 u. 431 , archived from the original on November 13, 2015 ; Retrieved on February 27, 2017 (English, ISBN 99936-688-0-X ).
- Data from the 2005 Census. www.statoids.com, accessed February 17, 2017 (English).