Shongphoog Gewog
gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan
Shongphoog Gewog (Dzongkha: ཤོང་ཕུག་), also spelled Shongphu is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.
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. Gewog has hot summer and extremely cold in winter. The Gewog Tshonde (GT) is the main institutional body of the Gewog. And has seven members. 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.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Shongphoog Gewog” is gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Shongphoog, Gewog and gewog, not as a finished interpretation.
Why this record matters
The phrase “gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.
The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q7500406. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2017.
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