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Gangzur Gewog
སྒང་ཟུར་
Location of Gangzur Gewog
Country  Bhutan
District Lhuntse District
Time zone UTC+6 ( BTT)

Gangzur Gewog ( Dzongkha: སྒང་ཟུར་) is a gewog (village block) of Lhuntse District, Bhutan. [1] [2] Gangzur gewog covers an area of 356 sqkm and has a population of 5059 with 471 households, which includes gungtongs (empty houses). These households have been left empty mainly due to development programs [3].

There are many gungtongs around the country and its still the same because all the teenagers are attracted to the modern development and mainly due to the rural-urban migration. [3] Gangzur gewog is mostly profound for their rich culture in creating clay pot (dza-zo). [4] This tradition art form, shrouded in the midst of time, is asource of pride for the people of gangzur gewog. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Chiwogs in Lhuentse" (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.
  3. ^ a b Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "No immediate solution for gungtong: Home Minister". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  4. ^ rinzin (2018-08-03). "Gangzur Village". Alo Drukpa Tours & Treks. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. ^ Desk, News (2023-11-18). "Preserving Centuries-Old Craft: Gangzur's Time-Honored Pottery Tradition". The Bhutan Live. Retrieved 2024-07-23. {{ cite web}}: |first= has generic name ( help)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gangzur Gewog
སྒང་ཟུར་
Location of Gangzur Gewog
Country  Bhutan
District Lhuntse District
Time zone UTC+6 ( BTT)

Gangzur Gewog ( Dzongkha: སྒང་ཟུར་) is a gewog (village block) of Lhuntse District, Bhutan. [1] [2] Gangzur gewog covers an area of 356 sqkm and has a population of 5059 with 471 households, which includes gungtongs (empty houses). These households have been left empty mainly due to development programs [3].

There are many gungtongs around the country and its still the same because all the teenagers are attracted to the modern development and mainly due to the rural-urban migration. [3] Gangzur gewog is mostly profound for their rich culture in creating clay pot (dza-zo). [4] This tradition art form, shrouded in the midst of time, is asource of pride for the people of gangzur gewog. [5]

References

  1. ^ "Chiwogs in Lhuentse" (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.
  3. ^ a b Newspaper, Bhutan's Daily. "No immediate solution for gungtong: Home Minister". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  4. ^ rinzin (2018-08-03). "Gangzur Village". Alo Drukpa Tours & Treks. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
  5. ^ Desk, News (2023-11-18). "Preserving Centuries-Old Craft: Gangzur's Time-Honored Pottery Tradition". The Bhutan Live. Retrieved 2024-07-23. {{ cite web}}: |first= has generic name ( help)


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