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Shaba Gewog
Shaba is a gewog in Paro District, western Bhutan, covering 76.4 square kilometres at elevations between 2,200 and 2,850 metres. It is home to the Dra Karpo and Dongkala pilgrimage sites and has a population of 5,941.
Wangchang Gewog
Wangchang Gewog is a prosperous agricultural gewog in Paro District, western Bhutan. Located centrally within the dzongkhag and adjacent to the Paro College of Education, it covers 34.2 square kilometres of rice paddies, apple orchards, and forested hillsides at elevations between 2,200 and 2,340 metres.
Naja Gewog
Naja is a gewog in southern Paro District, western Bhutan, covering 151.8 square kilometres with 22 villages. It borders Haa District and has a population of approximately 3,002, with an economy based on vegetable farming, organic agriculture, and livestock.
Soe Gewog
Soe Gewog is a remote highland block in the far north of Thimphu Dzongkhag, Bhutan, under Lingzhi Dungkhag and bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region. Lying at altitudes from around 3,800 metres to over 5,000 metres at the foot of Jomolhari, it is the smallest gewog in the country by population, with a yak-herding community of about 200 people. Several of Bhutan's major trekking routes pass through it.
Paro District
Paro District (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག) is one of the twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan, located in the western part of the country. Home to Bhutan's only international airport and some of the kingdom's most iconic landmarks including the Tiger's Nest monastery, Paro is one of the most historically significant and economically important districts in the nation.
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