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Gewog in Bumthang District, Bhutan
Ura Gewog
ཨུ་ར་རྒེད་འོག
Gewog
Ura Gewog is located in Bumthang District
Ura Gewog
Coordinates: 27°28′N 90°54′E / 27.467°N 90.900°E / 27.467; 90.900
Country Bhutan
DistrictBumthang District
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

Ura Gewog (Dzongkha: ཨུ་ར་རྒེད་འོག) is a gewog (village block) of Bumthang District, Bhutan. 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.

Grocery shop and community mail office in Ura, Bumthang district

References

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