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[[File:Gomtu border gate with India 2009.jpg|thumb|Bhutan border gate with India leading to Gomtu (2009)]] |
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''' 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 on the Gomtu Industrial Estate, Penden Cement and Lhaki cement. <ref> Heavenly Bhutan website https://www.heavenlybhutan.com/sightseeing-places-of-bhutan/places-to-visit-in-samtse/gomtu-industrial-estate/ ; see also Penden Cement |
''' 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 on the Gomtu Industrial Estate, Penden Cement and Lhaki cement. <ref> 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/ </ref> Gomtu has a government Higher Secondary School<ref> {{Cite web |title=Gomtu Higher Secondary School – Gomtu Higher Secondary School |url=https://gomtuhss.edu.bt/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US}} </ref> and a government referral hospital.<ref> {{Cite web |date=2021-09-26 |title=Gomtu Hospital - YFHS Bhutan |url=https://yfhsbhutan.org/stores/gomtu-hospital/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US}} </ref> In the Pugli Hills around Gomtu the mineral [[ Dolomite (mineral) | dolomite]] is [[Mining in Bhutan | mined]] by the Jigme Mining Corporation Limited.<ref> {{Cite news |date=2007-06-05 |title=Mines destroy Bhutan's mountains |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-bhutan-dolomite-env-dc-idUSPAR54656020070605 |access-date=2023-07-11}} </ref> |
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At the 2005 census, its population was 4,524.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-41|title=Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|accessdate=2008-07-11|work=World Gazetteer}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The postal code of Gomtu is 22002.<ref> {{Cite web |title=List of Post Code |url=https://bhutanpost.bt/postcode/searchpostcode-exec.php |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=bhutanpost.bt}} </ref> |
At the 2005 census, its population was 4,524.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-41|title=Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|accessdate=2008-07-11|work=World Gazetteer}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The postal code of Gomtu is 22002.<ref> {{Cite web |title=List of Post Code |url=https://bhutanpost.bt/postcode/searchpostcode-exec.php |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=bhutanpost.bt}} </ref> |
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Gomtu | |
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  Gomtu Location in Bhutan | |
| Coordinates: 26°49′05″N 89°11′10″E / 26.81806°N 89.18611°E | |
| Country |  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 on 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]- ^ 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/
- ^ "Gomtu Higher Secondary School – Gomtu Higher Secondary School". Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ "Gomtu Hospital - YFHS Bhutan". 2021-09-26. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ "Mines destroy Bhutan's mountains". Reuters. 2007-06-05. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
- ^ "Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Retrieved 2008-07-11.[dead link]
- ^ "List of Post Code". bhutanpost.bt. Retrieved 2023-07-11.
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