Kawang Gewog Explained

Official Name:Kawang Gewog
Native Name:ཀ་ཝང་
Settlement Type:Gewogs
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Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bhutan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Thimphu District
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:BTT
Utc Offset:+6

Kawang Gewog (Dzongkha: ཀ་ཝང་) is a gewog (village block) of Thimphu District, Bhutan.[1] [2] As of 2005 it has a population of 2582 and covers an area of 307 square kilometers.

The district has 383 households.[3] Under Kawang Gewog there are many temples and lhakhangs namely Thujidra, Phajoding in the north [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chiwogs in Thimphu . PDF . . 2011 . 2011-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002190808/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/Thimphu.pdf . 2011-10-02 .
  2. Web site: -. Royal Government of Bhutan. December 12, 2010.
  3. http://www.thimphu.gov.bt/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=125&Itemid=186 Kawang
  4. Book: Seeds of faith. 1 . 2008 . KMT Publ . 978-99936-22-42-0 . Thimphu.