Official Name: | Dophoogchen Gewog |
Other Name: | Dorokha Gewog |
Native Name: | རྡོ་ཕུག་ཅན་ |
Settlement Type: | Gewogs |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bhutan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Samtse District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | BTT |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Dophoogchen Gewog (Dzongkha: རྡོ་ཕུག་ཅན་|translit=rdo phug cen ), or Dorokha Gewog, is a gewog (village block) of Samtse District, Bhutan.[1] Dophoogchen Gewog is part of Dophoogchen Dungkhag (sub-district), which comprise Dorokha and Denchukha Gewogs.
The people here speak Lhotshamkha and are predominantly Hindus. It is connected with road from Samtse town, Phuntsholing, and Haa via Tergola. The nearest town, and district headquarters, is Samtse, about 3 hours driven from the Drungkhag.
The road newtworks connect most of the remote parts of the Geog, including Sengdhyen, a Doya or Lhop community.