Coordinates: 27°0′N 89°30′E / 27°N 89.5°E
Chukha, (or Chhukha) Dzongkhag, ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག་ 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 completed in 1985 and Tala Power plant, 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 is divided into eleven gewogs:
- Bhulajhora Gewog
- Bjacho Gewog
- Bongo Gewog
- Chapcha Gewog
- Dala Gewog
- Dungna Gewog
- Geling Gewog
- Getena Gewog
- Logchina Gewog
- Metakha Gewog
- Phuentsholing Gewog
External links
- Official Dzhongkha profile with a map of gewogs
- Five year plan 2002-2007
- Travel diary from Phuentsholing
- Urban problems in Phuentsholing From RAO Online
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