Ura Gewog

Ura Gewog
ཨུ་ར་རྒེད་འོག
Gewog
Grocery shop and community mail office in Ura, Bumthang district
Grocery shop and community mail office in Ura, Bumthang district
Location of Ura Gewog within Bumthang
Location of Ura Gewog within Bumthang
Coordinates: 27°28′N 90°54′E / 27.467°N 90.900°E / 27.467; 90.900
Country Bhutan
DistrictBumthang District
Area
 • Total265 km2 (102 sq mi)
Population
 • Total2,288
 • Density8.6/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

Ura Gewog (Dzongkha: ཨུ་ར་རྒེད་འོག) is a gewog (village block) of Bumthang District, Bhutan.[1] Ura Gewog consists of ten major villages- Tangsibi, Shingnyeer, Shingkhar, Pangkhar, Somthrang, Beteng, Trabi, Tarshong, Toepa and Chari with total household of 301 and population of 2288, covering an area of around 265 sq. kilometer with some 82% of forest coverage. The Gewog is located in the southeastern part of Bumthang District, 48 km distance from Dzongkhag Offices. It is bordered by Chhokhor and Chhumig gewog to the west, Tang gewog to the north, Zhemgang and Mongar District to the south and Lhuentse District to the east. The altitude of the gewog is around 3100 meters above sea level.[2]

  1. ^ "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Bumthang Dzongkhag Administration information http://www.bumthang.gov.bt/?page_id=38