Norgaygang Gewog Explained

Official Name:Norgaygang
Native Name:ནོར་རྒྱས་སྒང་
Settlement Type:Gewogs
Pushpin Map:Bhutan Samtse
Pushpin Map Caption:Norgaygang in the Samtse District of Bhutan
Pushpin Mapsize:300px
Coordinates:27.1255°N 88.8479°W
Mapsize:350px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bhutan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Samtse District
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:187.51
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:3381
Timezone:BTT
Utc Offset:+6

Norgaygang Gewog (Dzongkha: ནོར་རྒྱས་སྒང་) is a gewog (village block) of Samtse District, Bhutan. It is located at the extreme northwest of the Samtse District bordering on India's West Bengal (Kalimpong) and Sikkim (East Sikkim) provinces. It has the Haa District to the northeast and Samtse's Tendruk Gewog to the southeast.[1] [2]

The Norgaygang gewog is immediately to the south of the Zompelri ridge and Mount Gipmochi, which have been subject to the India-China-Bhutan border dispute. The Dichu (Jaldhaka) river flows through the gewog along with its numerous tributaries. The largest of the tributaries is Asam Khola rising below the Mount Gipmochi.

The Norgaygang Gewog occupies an area of . It has 19 villages in 6 Chiwogs. In 2012, it had a population of 3,381.[3] The Gewog comprises part of Tashicholing Dungkhag (sub-district), together with Tendu, Pemaling, Namgaychhoeling, and Tashicholing Gewogs.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.samtse.gov.bt/gewogs/norgaygangbara-gewog Norgaygang (Bara) Gewog
  2. Web site: Chiwogs in Samtse . PDF . . 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002185843/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/Samtse.pdf . 2 October 2011 . dead . 9–10.
  3. https://www.gnhc.gov.bt/en/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Samtse1.pdf Eleventh Five-Year Plan, Samtse Dzongkhag