Sakteng Gewog

Gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan

Sagteng Gewog སག་སྟེང་
Gewog

Country	Bhutan
District	Trashigang District
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)

Sagteng Gewog (Dzongkha: སག་སྟེང་, romanized: sag steng), also called Sakteng is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.^[1]^[2]

Sakteng Gewog office was established in 2005 with an area of 910 sq.km, which is located under Trashigang Dzongkhag where this area comprises nomadic people. The area is also a protected area where one of Bhutan’s wildlife conservation area which consist of rare blue poppies and people mainly depend on the livestock’s products for their living.^[3] Merak Gewog is within Sakten Dungkhag.The people usually speak a local language called Jyops and their neighbours call it Brahmilo.^[4] Much of the gewog lies within the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary.^[5]

References

^ "Chiwogs in Trashigang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 28 July 2011.
^ "Gross National Happiness Commission". Royal Government of Bhutan. Archived from the original on 19 May 2008. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
^ བཟང་པོ།, བསོད་ནམས་; ཆོས་སྒྲོན།, ལས་སྐྱིད་ (18 June 2023). "བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག་ཨུ་རྫོ་རོང་རྒེད་འོག་ནང་ལུ་ས་ཉེན་གྱིི་ཉིནམ་བརྩི་སྲུང་ཞུ་སྲོལ།". Rig-mdzod Dus-deb. 1. doi:10.17102/rigzoedjournal.clcs.rub.1.005. ISSN 2959-8273.
^ Phuntsho, Karma (2018). The History Of Bhutan (second ed.). India: Penguin Random House India. p. 55. ISBN 9788184007671.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
^ "Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary (SWS)". www.wwfbhutan.org.bt. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

Village groups (gewogs) of Bhutan

Central
Bhutan Zone

Dagana District	Dorona Drujegang Gesarling Goshi Kana Karmaling Khebisa Lajab Lhamoy Zingkha Nichula Tashiding Tsangkha Tsendagang Tseza
Gasa District	Goenkhamae Goenkaatoe Laya Lunana
Punakha District	Barp Chhubu Dzomo Goenshari Guma Kabjisa Lingmukha Shenga Bjime Talog Toepisa Towang
Tsirang District	Barshong Dunglegang Goseling Kikhorthang Mendrelgang Patshaling Phutenchhu Rangthangling Semjong Sergithang Tsholingkhar Tsirangtoe
Wangdue Phodrang District	Athang Bjena Daga Dangchu Gangte Gasetsho Gom Gasetsho Om Kazhi Nahi Nyisho Phangyuel Phobji Ruepisa Sephu Thedtsho

Southern
Bhutan Zone

Bumthang District	Chhume Choekor Tang Ura
Sarpang District	Chhuzagang Chhudzom Dekiling Gakiling Gelephu Jigmechhoeling Samtenling Senghe Serzhong Shompangkha Tareythang Umling
Trongsa District	Dragteng Korphu Langthil Nubi Tangsibji
Zhemgang District	Bardho Bjoka Goshing Nangkor Ngangla Phangkhar Shingkhar Trong

Western
Bhutan Zone

Chukha District	Bjacho Bongo Chapcha Dala Dungna Geling Getena Logchina Metakha Phuentsholing Sampheling
Haa District	Bji Gakiling Katsho Sama Sangbay Uesu
Paro District	Doga Dopshari Doteng Hungrel Lamgong Lungnyi Naja Shapa Tsento Wangchang
Samtse District	Dungtoe Dophoogchen Denchukha Namgaychhoeling Norbugang Norgaygang Pemaling Phuentshogpelri Samtse Sangngagchhoeling Tading Tashicholing Tendu Ugentse Yoeseltse
Thimphu District	Chang Dagala Genyekha Kawang Lingzhi Mewang Naro Soe

Eastern
Bhutan Zone

Lhuntse District	Gangzur Jaray Khoma Kurtoe Menbi Metsho Minjay Tsenkhar
Mongar District	Balam Chaskhar Chhali Drametse Drepung Gongdue Jurmey Kengkhar Mongar Narang Ngatshang Saleng Sherimung Silambi Thangrong Tsakaling Tsamang
Pemagatshel District	Chhimung Choekhorling Chongshing Borang Dechenling Dungme Khar Nanong Norbugang Shumar Yurung Zobel
Samdrup Jongkhar District	Dewathang Gomdar Langchenphu Lauri Martshala Orong Pemathang Phuntshothang Samrang Serthi Wangphu
Trashigang District	Bartsham Bidung Kanglung Kangpara Khaling Lumang Merak Phongmey Radhi Sakteng Samkhar Shongphu Thrimshing Uzorong Yangneer
Trashiyangtse District	Bumdeling Jamkhar Khamdang Ramjar Toetsho Tomzhangsa Trashiyangtse Yalang

Former Gewogs

Dagana District	Deorali
Chukha District	Bhulajhora
Pemagatshel District	Nganglam
Samtse District	Chargharey Chengmari Ghumauney Mayona Nainital Pagli
Sarpang District	Bhur Doban Hilley Taklai
Thimphu District	Bapbi
Tsirang District	Beteni Chanautey Gairigaun Tshokhana Tsirang Dangra
Samdrup Jongkhar District	Bakuli Hastinapur