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A gewog (Dzongkha: རྒེད་འོག geok, block), in the past also spelled as geog,[1] is a group of villages in Bhutan. The head of a gewog[2] is called a gup[3] (རྒེད་པོ་ gepo).[4] Gewogs form a geographic administrative unit below dzongkhag districts (and dungkhag subdistricts, where they exist), and above Dzongkhag Thromde class B and Yenlag Thromde municipalities. Dzongkhag Thromde class A municipalities have their own independent local government body.[5]
Bhutan comprises 205 gewogs, which average 230 km2 (89 sq mi) in area. The gewogs in turn are divided into chewogs for elections and thromdes "municipalities" for administration. The Parliament of Bhutan passed legislation in 2002 and 2007 on the status, structure, and leadership of local governments, including gewogs. The most recent legislation by parliament regarding gewogs is the Local Government Act of Bhutan 2009.[6][7][8] In July 2011, the government slated 11 gewogs across Bhutan for reorganization, including both mergers and bifurcations, to be debated in dzongkhag local governments. These changes are contemplated to promote ease of travel to gewog capitals and to equitably allocate development resources.[9]
- ^ eg chapter 3 of the Thromde Act of Bhutan, 2007 http://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2014/Thromde_act_of_Bhutan,_2007_Dzo_Eng.pdf Archived 2018-12-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ gewog is the transliteration used by the Royal Government of Bhutan, see chapter 2, para 4b of the Local Government Act , 2009 http://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2014/The_Local_Government_Act_of_Bhutan,_2009eng1stextraordinary.pdf
- ^ gup is the transliteration used by the Royal Government of Bhutan, see para 304, bullet j of the Local Government Act , 2009 http://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2014/The_Local_Government_Act_of_Bhutan,_2009eng1stextraordinary.pdf
- ^ Driem, George van (1998). Dzongkha = Rdzoṅ-kha. Leiden: Research School, CNWS. p. 105. ISBN 978-9057890024.
- ^ see chapter 2 of the Local Government Act , 2009 http://www.nab.gov.bt/assets/uploads/docs/acts/2014/The_Local_Government_Act_of_Bhutan,_2009eng1stextraordinary.pdf
- ^ "Geog Yargay Tshogchhung Chathrim 2002" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2002-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Local Government Act of Bhutan 2007" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2007-07-31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ "Local Government Act of Bhutan 2009" (PDF). Government of Bhutan. 2009-09-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^ Wangchuk, Jigme (2011-07-01). "11 Gewogs Could Be Bifurcated". Archived from the original on 2011-07-12. Retrieved 2011-07-13.