Gasa District

Coordinates: 28°0′N 90°0′E / 28.000°N 90.000°E / 28.000; 90.000
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Gasa
མགར་ས་རྫོང་ཁག
Gasa District
UTC+6 (not observed)
HDI (2019)0.536[2]
low · 20th of 20
Websitewww.gasa.gov.bt
Map of Bhutan showing former borders of Gasa
Map of Bhutan showing borders as of 2010

Gasa District or Gasa Dzongkhag (

People's Republic of China
claims the northern part of Gasa District.

Gasa has an area of 3,117.74 km2 (1,203.77 sq mi) as of 2010,[1] formerly 4,409.30 km2 (1,702.44 sq mi) as of 2002.[3] It had a population of 3,116 as of the 2005 census,[1] making it the largest, least populated, and thus least densely populated of all the dzongkhags; it is also the least developed district of Bhutan.

History

Gasa was formerly a

drungkhag (sub-district) of the Punakha dzongkhag (district). It became a separate dzongkhag in 1992, the start of 7th Five Year Plan.[1]

Administrative divisions

Gasa District is divided into four village blocks (or

gewogs):[1][4]

Geography

Gasa is bordered to the north by

People's Republic of China and by Thimphu, Punakha, and Wangdue Phodrang
dzongkhags to the south.

Economy

Gasa has become a

gewogs
and all electrification programs are expected to be completed by 2012.

Gasa is most famous for its Layap people, and for the Snowman Trek, one of the most challenging treks in the Himalayas.

Environment

All of Gasa is an environmentally

Bhutan's glaciers are located in Gasa, namely in Lunana Gewog, which borders Tibet
.

See also

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Annual Dzongkhag Statistics 2010: Gasa" (PDF). [National Statistics Bureau], Government of Bhutan. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ "Gasa Dzongkhag Ninth Plan (2002-2007)" (PDF). [Department of Planning], Ministry of Finance,
    Royal Government of Bhutan. 2002. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 16 August 2005.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Gewogs and chiwogs in Gasa (2011)" (PDF). [Election Commission], Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
  5. ^ "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
  6. Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
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