Orong Gewog

Orong Gewog (Dzongkha: ཨོ་རོང་) is a gewog (village block) of Samdrup Jongkhar District, Bhutan. It is situated north of Samdrup Jongkhar town. The gewog is about 45 km from Samdrup Jongkhar with a 12 km farm road bifurcating from the national highway which connects Samdrup Jongkhar and Trashigang District.

Orong Gewog or Jangchubling Gewog

ཨོ་རོང་
Gewog
Country Bhutan
DistrictSamdrup Jongkhar District
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

The gewog is a collection of many villages mostly located over a gentle slope facing the Arong Mithun Breeding center. The gewog has six chiwogs and 24 villages with a total of 540 households. Important villages include Mitshishing, Durtsun, Malang, Belam, Chongti, and Melum. Other important villages which are further away include Morong, Wooling and Rimung.

Orong Higher Secondary High School is the only higher secondary school in the district, and is located on the top of the Orong Village overlooking Dewathang.

Orong has a basic health unit, a community lhakhang, and Gewog Office. Electrification is 100%.[1][2]

References
  1. "Chiwogs in Samdrup Jongkhar" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  2. "-". Royal Government of Bhutan. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

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