Phuentsholing Gewog

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.

Phuentsholing Gewog ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་
Gewogs
Phuentsholing Gewog
Coordinates: 26°53′N 89°23′E
Country	Bhutan
District	Chukha District
Sub-district	Phuentsholing Dungkhag
Government Chukha
• Gup	Birkha Bdr Rai
Area
• Total	54.0 sq mi (139.8 km2)
Population  (2005)
• Total	5,183
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)

The Gewog contains a number of sacred places including Rinchending Goenpa, Zangdo Pelri, and Druk Namgay Choling Dratshang.^[3]

References

1. "Chiwogs in Chukha" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
2. "Bhutan Districts: Chhukha". Bhutan Majestic Travel. Archived from the original on July 2, 2010. Retrieved August 25, 2010.
3. "Phuentshogling". www.chhukha.gov.bt. Retrieved 2024-07-11.