Wangchang Weighed
| Wangchang Weighed | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Bhutan |
| District | Paro |
| surface | 34.2 km² |
| Residents | 6425 (2005) |
| density | 188 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | BT-11 |
Coordinates: 27 ° 23 ′ 30 ″ N , 89 ° 25 ′ 30 ″ E
Wangchang ( Dzongkha : ཝང་ ལྕང་ ) is one of ten Gewogs (blocks) of the Dzongkhag Paro in western Bhutan . Wangchang Gewog is in turn divided into five Chiwogs (constituencies). According to the 2005 census, 6,425 people live in this area in an area of 34.2 km² in more than 1,300 households. The Dzongkhag administration gives a number of 34 villages on its website, while the electoral commission lists 71 named settlements including all small settlements.
The Gewog is centrally located in the Paro district and extends over altitudes between 2200 and 2340 m . Rice and wheat are grown on intensively irrigated fields, and there are apple orchards . The livestock consists mainly of yaks and native species of cattle.
In addition to the Gewog administration, state institutions have three schools, one elementary school and two secondary schools, namely one middle and one higher secondary school .
There are a total of 14 Buddhist temples ( Lhakhangs ) in this Gewog , which are state, community or private property.
| Chiwog | Villages or hamlets |
|---|---|
| Gebtoed Olathang Tajoog གེབ་ སྟོད་ _ ཨོ་ ལ་ ཐང་ _ རྟ་ འཇུག་ |
Gangtoed |
| Gebtoed | |
| Barkor | |
| Darzhigang | |
| Drungna | |
| Langmana | |
| Nyisu | |
| Zhingkha | |
| Sisitakpa | |
| Tshongdue | |
| Yurwawog | |
| Gangkha | |
| Gorina | |
| Jangkhuna | |
| Jangsabu | |
| Jangsina | |
| Jangsuna | |
| Langmana | |
| Lhankhang Jab | |
| Nangzhika (Wangchang) | |
| Ngetsu | |
| Nyisu Chotentsawa | |
| Olathang | |
| Omchuna | |
| Pumsima | |
| Pumtakha | |
| Rampozhing | |
| Zhikha | |
| Sisitagpa | |
| Tagokha | |
| Tajoog | |
| Tshogdu (Wangchang) | |
| Tshoshingtsawa | |
| Tsirena | |
| Yurwawog | |
| Changmedthangka Khangkhu སྤྱང་ མེད་ ཐང་ ཁ་ _ ཁང་ ཁུ་ |
Chiminang / Chimina |
| Chhoeten Dangrim | |
| Dochhukha | |
| Dungchuphu | |
| Jieu | |
| Jimnang | |
| Kangjulo | |
| Khangkhu | |
| Changmedthangkha | |
| Segona | |
| Wochhukha | |
| Zakha | |
| Khimsabu | |
| Segona | |
| Naymey | |
| Zharchhekha | |
| Wochukha | |
| Dungkhar Namkhar དུང་ དཀར་ _ གནམ་ དཀར་ |
Dungkhar |
| Namkar | |
| Mendrel Nakha མན་ དྲལ་ _ སྣ་ ཁ་ |
Chang Rouna |
| Chang Sinchuna | |
| Chewnang | |
| Chintsho | |
| Gangkha | |
| Gyelgang | |
| Lomlo | |
| Mendrel / Rauna | |
| Mendrel | |
| Nakha | |
| Baangdey Zam | |
| Nakha / Rawna | |
| Rawna | |
| Yekukha | |
| Changkhar Jangteyna ཅང་ དཀར་ _ བྱང་ སྟེ་ ན་ |
Baangdey |
| Changkar | |
| Jangteyna |
Web links
- Wangchang. Dzongkhag Administration Paro, accessed February 24, 2017 .
- Chiwogs in Paro. (PDF, 8.9 MB) Election Commission, Government of Bhutan , February 19, 2016, accessed on February 15, 2017 .
- Data from the 2005 Census. www.statoids.com, accessed February 17, 2017 (English).