Shongphoog Gewog
Gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan
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Shongphoog Gewog (Dzongkha: ཤོང་ཕུག་), also spelled Shongphu is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.[1][2]
Brief information about Shongphu Gewog.
It has an area of 92.4 sq. km and consists of five major Chiwogs: Changmey, Galing, Yobinang-Gongsaphangma, Shongphu and Chaling. Shongphu Gewog is located to the northeast of Trashigang Dzong. As per the information of year 2017, Shongphu Gewog has a total population of 3,949 of that 2,072 male and 1,877 female.[3] Gewog has hot summer and extremely cold in winter.[4] The Gewog Tshonde (GT) is the main institutional body of the Gewog. And has seven members.[5] Gewog Tshode is chaired by the Gup (Headman of the Gewog), Magmi (Representative of headman), Tshogpa (Chiwog Representative) as members and other civil servant as an observer for the meeting.[6]
