Samtse District
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Samtse district
བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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District | |
Country | Bhutan |
Headquarters | Samtse |
Area | |
• Total | 1,305 km2 (504 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 62,590 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
HDI (2019) | 0.620[1] medium · 9th |
Website | www |
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Samtse District (Dzongkha: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Bsam-rtse rdzong-khag; older spelling "Samchi") is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It comprises two subdistricts (dungkhags): Tashicholing and Dophuchen. They are further subdivided into 15 gewogs (village blocks).[2] The Samtse district covers a total area of 1304 km2.[2]