Gomtu
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| Country | File:Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan |
| District | Samtse District |
| Population (2005) | |
• Total | 4,254 |
Gomtu is a border town in south-western Bhutan near the border with India. It is located in Samtse District. Gomtu is a small industrial town by road only reachable via India. It lays at a distance of some 70 kilometers west of the large Bhutanese border town of Phuentsholing. There are two cement factories based in the Gomtu Industrial Estate, Penden Cement and Lhaki Cement.[1] Gomtu has a government Higher Secondary School[2] and a government referral hospital.[3] In the Pugli Hills around Gomtu the mineral dolomite is mined by the Jigme Mining Corporation Limited.[4]
At the 2005 census, its population was 4,524.[5] The postal code of Gomtu is 22002.[6]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Heavenly Bhutan website https://www.heavenlybhutan.com/sightseeing-places-of-bhutan/places-to-visit-in-samtse/gomtu-industrial-estate/; see also Penden Cement website http://pendencement.bt/
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