Gomtu

Gomtu
Gomtu is located in Bhutan
Gomtu
Gomtu
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 26°49′05″N 89°11′10″E / 26.81806°N 89.18611°E / 26.81806; 89.18611
Country Bhutan
DistrictSamtse District
Population
 (2005)
 • Total
4,254
Bhutan border gate with India leading to Gomtu (2009)

Gomtu is a border town in south-western Bhutan near the border with India. It is located in Samtse District. Gomtu is a small industrial town by road only reachable via India. It lays at a distance of some 70 kilometers west of the large Bhutanese border town of Phuentsholing. There are two cement factories based on the Gomtu Industrial Estate, Penden Cement and Lhaki cement. [1] Gomtu has a government Higher Secondary School[2] and a government referral hospital.[3] In the Pugli Hills around Gomtu the mineral dolomite is mined by the Jigme Mining Corporation Limited.[4]

At the 2005 census, its population was 4,524.[5] The postal code of Gomtu is 22002.[6]

  1. ^ Heavenly Bhutan website https://www.heavenlybhutan.com/sightseeing-places-of-bhutan/places-to-visit-in-samtse/gomtu-industrial-estate/ ; see also Penden Cement website http://pendencement.bt/
  2. ^ "Gomtu Higher Secondary School – Gomtu Higher Secondary School". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  3. ^ "Gomtu Hospital - YFHS Bhutan". 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  4. ^ "Mines destroy Bhutan's mountains". Reuters. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
  5. ^ "Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2008-07-11.[dead link‍]
  6. ^ "List of Post Code". bhutanpost.bt. Retrieved 2023-07-11.