Chukha District (Dzongkha: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Chu-kha rdzong-khag; also spelled "Chhukha") is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing which is the gateway city along the sole road which connects India to western Bhutan (cf. Lateral Road). Chukha is the commercial and the financial capital of Bhutan. With Bhutan's oldest hydropower plant, Chukha hydel (completed in 1986–88), and Tala Hydroelectricity Project, the country's largest power plant, Chukha is the dzongkhag which contributes the most to the GDP of the country. Also located in Chukha district are some of the country's oldest industrial companies like the Bhutan Carbide Chemical Limited (BCCL) and the Bhutan Boards Products Limited (BBPL).
In Chukha, the main native languages are Dzongkha, the national language spoken by Ngalop people in the north, and Lhotshampa in the south. The Bhutanese Lhokpu language, spoken by the Lhop minority, is also present in the southwest along the border with Samtse District.
Administrative divisions
Chukha District is divided into eleven village blocks (or gewogs):[2]
Chukha Dzongkhag covers a total area of 1880 sq. km,[3] but unlike most other districts, Chukha, along with Samtse, contain no protected areas of Bhutan. Although much of southern Bhutan contained protected areas in the 1960s, park-level environmental protection became untenable.[4][5]
chukha, district, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, 201. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Chukha District news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Coordinates 27 0 N 89 30 E 27 000 N 89 500 E 27 000 89 500 Chukha District Dzongkha ཆ ཁ ར ང ཁག Wylie Chu kha rdzong khag also spelled Chhukha is one of the 20 dzongkhag districts comprising Bhutan The major town is Phuentsholing which is the gateway city along the sole road which connects India to western Bhutan cf Lateral Road Chukha is the commercial and the financial capital of Bhutan With Bhutan s oldest hydropower plant Chukha hydel completed in 1986 88 and Tala Hydroelectricity Project the country s largest power plant Chukha is the dzongkhag which contributes the most to the GDP of the country Also located in Chukha district are some of the country s oldest industrial companies like the Bhutan Carbide Chemical Limited BCCL and the Bhutan Boards Products Limited BBPL Chukha district ཆ ཁ ར ང ཁགDistrictChukha DzongMap of Chukha District in BhutanCountryBhutanHeadquartersChukhaArea Total1 880 km2 730 sq mi Population 2017 Total68 966 Density37 km2 95 sq mi Time zoneUTC 6 BTT HDI 2019 0 684 1 medium 4thWebsitewww wbr chhukha wbr gov wbr btView of Chukha Mepetsa Chukha District View of Phuntsholing Chukha District Contents 1 Languages 2 Administrative divisions 3 Environment 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLanguages EditIn Chukha the main native languages are Dzongkha the national language spoken by Ngalop people in the north and Lhotshampa in the south The Bhutanese Lhokpu language spoken by the Lhop minority is also present in the southwest along the border with Samtse District Administrative divisions EditChukha District is divided into eleven village blocks or gewogs 2 Bjacho Gewog Bongo Gewog Chapcha Gewog Dala Gewog Dungna Gewog Geling Gewog Getena Gewog Logchina Gewog Metakha Gewog Phuentsholing Gewog Sampheling GewogEnvironment EditChukha Dzongkhag covers a total area of 1880 sq km 3 but unlike most other districts Chukha along with Samtse contain no protected areas of Bhutan Although much of southern Bhutan contained protected areas in the 1960s park level environmental protection became untenable 4 5 See also EditDistricts of Bhutan Dungna Paro Province Daga ProvinceReferences Edit Sub national HDI Area Database Global Data Lab hdi globaldatalab org Retrieved 2018 09 13 Chiwogs in Chukha PDF Election Commission Government of Bhutan 2011 Archived from the original PDF on 2011 10 02 Retrieved 2011 07 28 Wanggchuk Lily 2017 Facts About Bhutan The land of the Thunder Dragon Bhutan Absolute Bhutan Books p 290 ISBN 978 99936 760 0 3 Parks of Bhutan Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online Bhutan Trust Fund Archived from the original on 2011 07 02 Retrieved 2011 03 26 The Organisation Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online Bhutan Trust Fund Archived from the original on 2010 03 29 Retrieved 2011 03 26 External links EditOfficial Dzhongkha profile permanent dead link with a map of gewogs Five year plan 2002 2007 Travel diary from Phuentsholing Urban problems in Phuentsholing From RAO Online This Bhutan location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chukha District amp oldid 1105283365, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
