Geography
With an area of approximately 1500 sq. kilometers it is a little more than twice the size of Singapore. It shares an international border with the Indian states of Sikkim to the west and West Bengal to the south, and internal borders with Haa and Chukha Districts.
Samtse is divided into fifteen gewogs:
- Dungtoe Gewog
- Dophoogchen Gewog
- Duenchukha Gewog
- Namgaychhoeling Gewog
- Norbugang
- Norgaygang Gewog
- Pemaling Gewog
- Phuentshogpelri Gewog
- Samtse Gewog
- Sangngagchhoeling Gewog
- Tading Gewog
- Tashicholing Gewog
- Tendu Gewog
- Ugentse Gewog
- Yoeseltse Gewog
Unlike most other districts, Samtse, along with Chukha, contain no protected areas of Bhutan. Although much of southern Bhutan contained protected areas in the 1960s, park-level environmental protection became untenable.
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