Samrang Gewog
A village block of Samdrup Jongkhar dzongkhag.
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Samdrup Jongkhar District
Samdrup Jongkhar District (Dzongkha: བསམ་གྲུབ་ལྗོང་མཁར་རྫོང་ཁག) is one of the twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan, located in the southeastern corner of the country along the border with the Indian state of Assam. It serves as Bhutan's primary land gateway to eastern India and is a major commercial centre with a diverse population including Sharchop, Lhotshampa, and other ethnic communities.
Bhutanese-Americans in Local Politics
Less than two decades after the first Bhutanese refugees arrived in the United States, community members have won election to city councils, state legislatures, and other public offices — a rapid political integration that reflects both the scale of resettlement and the community's civic ambitions.
Suraj Budathoki
Suraj Budathoki is the first Bhutanese-American state legislator in the United States, elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in November 2024. A former Lhotshampa refugee, peace activist, and doctoral student, he previously served as a constituency director on Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential campaign in New Hampshire.
Diaspora Voting and Political Engagement
As Bhutanese Americans gain citizenship, political engagement has grown from cautious voter registration into candidacy for public office. The diaspora's political journey — from communities unfamiliar with competitive democracy to a constituency producing elected state legislators — reflects both the speed of integration and the community's growing confidence in using civic tools to advance its interests.
Building Community in New Hampshire
Building Community in New Hampshire (BCNH), originally founded as the Bhutanese Community of New Hampshire in May 2009, is a refugee-led nonprofit organization serving refugee and immigrant populations in central New Hampshire. Co-founded by Suraj Budathoki — who later became the first Bhutanese American elected to a state legislature — BCNH expanded its mission in 2017 to serve all refugee and immigrant communities, including Bhutanese, Afghan, Ukrainian, and Congolese populations. The organization operates offices in Manchester and Nashua with staff representing six nationalities.
Bhutanese community in New Hampshire
Overview of the Bhutanese-American population in New Hampshire, concentrated in Concord, Manchester and Hooksett, including resettlement history, the founding of Building Community in New Hampshire, the suicide cluster of the early 2010s and the election of the first Bhutanese-American state legislator in the United States.
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