Orong Gewog
| Orong Gewog or Jangchubling Gewog ཨོ་རོང་ | |
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| Gewog | |
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| Country |
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| District | Samdrup Jongkhar District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
Orong Gewog (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རོང་) is a gewog (village block) of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. Orong Gewog is situated north of Samdrup Jongkhar town. The Gewog is about 45 km away from Samdrup Jongkhar with a 12 km farm road bifurcating from the national highway which connects Samdrup Jongkhar and Trashigang District.
The Gewog is a collection of many villages mostly located over a gentle slope facing the Arong Mithun Breeding center. The Gewog has 6 Chiwogs and 24 villages with a total of 540 households. Important villages includes Gonpa, Thongsa, Mantsang, Therpung, Durtsun, Belam, Mitseshing, Milum, Chongti, Malang, Suzung,....etc. Other important villages which are further away includes Mencheri, Philuma, Morong, Wooling and Rimung.
Orong Higher Secondary, High School is the only higher Secondary School in the District which is located on the top of the Orong Village overlooking Dewathang. Orong has a Orong Lower Secondary School, Basic Health Unit, A community Lhakhang, Gewog Office, Diary farm milk etc.
References
- ↑ "Chiwogs in Samdrup Jongkhar" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ↑ "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.