Shongphoog Gewog Explained

Official Name:Shongphoog Gewog
Native Name:ཤོང་ཕུག་
Settlement Type:Gewog
Mapsize:350px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Bhutan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Trashigang District
Unit Pref:Metric
Timezone:BTT
Utc Offset:+6

Shongphoog Gewog (Dzongkha: ཤོང་ཕུག་), also spelled Shongphu is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.[1] [2]

Brief information about Shongphu Gewog.

It has an area of 92.4 sq. km and consists of five major Chiwogs: Changmey, Galing, Yobinang-Gongsaphangma, Shongphu and Chaling. Shongphu Gewog is located to the northeast of Trashigang Dzong. As per the information of year 2017, Shongphu Gewog has a total population of 3,949 of that 2,072 male and 1,877 female.[3] Gewog has hot summer and extremely cold in winter.[4] The Gewog Tshonde (GT) is the main institutional body of the Gewog. And has seven members.[5] Gewog Tshode is chaired by the Gup (Headman of the Gewog), Magmi (Representative of headman), Tshogpa (Chiwog Representative) as members and other civil servant as an observer for the meeting.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chiwogs in Trashigang . PDF . . 2011 . 2011-07-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111002191009/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/tgang.pdf . 2011-10-02 .
  2. Web site: -. Royal Government of Bhutan. December 12, 2010.
  3. Web site: Shongphu (Gewog, Bhutan) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location . 2024-07-23 . www.citypopulation.de.
  4. Web site: Shongphu . 2024-07-23 . www.trashigang.gov.bt . en.
  5. Web site: Shongphu . 2024-07-23 . www.trashigang.gov.bt . en.
  6. Web site: Shongphu . 2024-07-23 . www.trashigang.gov.bt . en.