Official Name: | Phuentsholing Gewog |
Native Name: | ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་ |
Settlement Type: | Gewogs |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Pushpin Map: | Bhutan Chukha |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 350 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bhutan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Chukha District |
Subdivision Type2: | Sub-district |
Subdivision Name2: | Phuentsholing Dungkhag |
Government Footnotes: | Chukha |
Leader Title: | Gup |
Leader Name: | Birkha Bdr Rai |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Total Km2: | 139.8 |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 5183 |
Timezone: | BTT |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 26.89°N 89.38°W |
Phuentsholing Gewog (Dzongkha: ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་,Phuentshogling Gewog) is a gewog (village block) of Chukha District, Bhutan.[1] The gewog has an area of 139.8 km2 and contains 19 villages and a population of 5,183, as of 2005.[2] Phuentsholing Gewog is part of Phuentsholing Dungkhag, along with Dala, Logchina Gewogs and Shampheling Gewog. It is one of the most populated gewogs in Chukha Dzongkhag.
The Gewog contains a number of sacred places including Rinchending Goenpa, Zangdo Pelri, and Druk Namgay Choling Dratshang.[3]