Key facts
- Country
- Bhutan
- Headquarters
- Samtse
- Total
- 1,305 km (504 sq mi)
- Density
- 47.96/km (124.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+6 ( BTT )
- Hdi 2019
- 0.620 , medium · 9th
- Website
- www .samtse .gov .bt
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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). The Samtse district covers a total area of 1304 km. With a population of 62,590 individuals and a population density of 48 people per sq.km, Samtse is the third most populous and second most densely populated district in Bhutan.
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