The town is located at the south-eastern part of Bhutan and borders the Indian state of Assam. Though there is no clear historical record of the development of the town, it is said[by whom?] to have developed as a result of the construction of the Samdrup Jongkhar-Tashigang national highway in the 1960s. In the past[when?] the Sharchops of Tashigang, Dundsan, Orong and Yangtse used to trade in a small Indian border town in Assam called Gudama (current day Daranga or Darranga Mela, better known as Mela Bazar[2]). Today[when?] it is one of the most important[according to whom?] trading towns for the eastern districts of Bhutan. Near the border is Hanumaan Mandir in NK Darranga, a temple run by Hanumaan Mandir Charity in which there are both Bhutan and Indian people member. After 2003, due to insurgency problems, much of the business was halted, causing a ripple effect on the developmental and socio-economic life of the people of most of eastern Bhutan.
Samdrup Jonkhar Dzongkhag has a mix of population largely dominated by the Sharchops and by Lhotshampas in Bangtar. It is also an important economic center of the country where coal mining is an important contribution to the country's economy.
samdrup, jongkhar, dzongkha, བསམ, ངས, མཁར, town, seat, district, bhutan, བསམ, ངས, མཁར, location, bhutancoordinates, 5050, 5050country, bhutandistrict, districtarea, total4, elevation173, population, 2017, total9, density2, time, zoneutc, town, located, south, . Samdrup Jongkhar Dzongkha བསམ ག བ ལ ངས མཁར is a town and seat of Samdrup Jongkhar District in Bhutan 1 Samdrup Jongkhar བསམ ག བ ལ ངས མཁར Samdrup JongkharLocation in BhutanCoordinates 26 48 N 91 30 3 E 26 800 N 91 5050 E 26 800 91 5050Country BhutanDistrictSamdrup Jongkhar DistrictArea Total4 47 km2 1 73 sq mi Elevation173 m 568 ft Population 2017 Total9 325 Density2 100 km2 5 400 sq mi Time zoneUTC 6 BTT The town is located at the south eastern part of Bhutan and borders the Indian state of Assam Though there is no clear historical record of the development of the town it is said by whom to have developed as a result of the construction of the Samdrup Jongkhar Tashigang national highway in the 1960s In the past when the Sharchops of Tashigang Dundsan Orong and Yangtse used to trade in a small Indian border town in Assam called Gudama current day Daranga or Darranga Mela better known as Mela Bazar 2 Today when it is one of the most important according to whom trading towns for the eastern districts of Bhutan Near the border is Hanumaan Mandir in NK Darranga a temple run by Hanumaan Mandir Charity in which there are both Bhutan and Indian people member After 2003 due to insurgency problems much of the business was halted causing a ripple effect on the developmental and socio economic life of the people of most of eastern Bhutan Samdrup Jonkhar Dzongkhag has a mix of population largely dominated by the Sharchops and by Lhotshampas in Bangtar It is also an important economic center of the country where coal mining is an important contribution to the country s economy References edit National Geospatial Intelligence Agency Darranga Mela a place of tourism and business http www assamspider com resources 3993 Daranga Mela place tourism business aspxExternal links editSatellite map at Maplandia com nbsp 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 Samdrup Jongkhar amp oldid 1160340980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
