Chukha District

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Chukha District is a southwestern district of Bhutan known for its strategic location near the Indian border and for hosting major hydropower projects that are vital to the country’s economy.

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Label Occurrences
Chukha District canonical 7

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
borders Dagana District ⓘ
Haa District ⓘ
India ⓘ
Paro District ⓘ
Punakha District ⓘ
Samtse District ⓘ
Thimphu District ⓘ
contributesTo Bhutan’s electricity exports to India ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
governedBy Dzongkhag Administration Chukha ⓘ
hasAdministrativeCenter Phuentsholing ⓘ
hasBorderStateInIndia Assam ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
hasBorderTown Phuentsholing ⓘ
hasClimate subtropical in lower valleys ⓘ
temperate in higher elevations ⓘ
hasDzong Chukha Dzong ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity cross-border trade with India ⓘ
hydropower generation ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Lhotshampa ⓘ
Ngalop ⓘ
hasHydropowerProject Basochhu Hydropower Plant ⓘ
Chukha Hydropower Plant ⓘ
Tala Hydroelectric Project ⓘ
hasImportantInfrastructure Phuentsholing–Thimphu highway ⓘ
hydropower transmission lines ⓘ
hasMajorTown Dala ⓘ
Gedu ⓘ
Phuentsholing ⓘ
Tsimasham ⓘ
hasRiver Amochu River ⓘ
Wangchu River ⓘ
linked to: Wang Chhu River
knownFor major hydropower projects ⓘ
strategic location near the Indian border ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern Bhutan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
officialLanguage Dzongkha ⓘ
partOf Chukha Dzongkhag ⓘ
partOfRegion western Bhutan ⓘ
playsRoleIn Bhutanese economy ⓘ
subdivisionOf Bhutan ⓘ
timeZone Bhutan Time ⓘ
usesScript Tibetan script (for Dzongkha) ⓘ
utcOffset +06:00 ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phuentsholing → locatedIn → Chukha District ⓘ
Southern Bhutan → containsDistrict → Chukha District ⓘ
subject linked to: southern Bhutan
Haa District → bordersWith → Chukha District ⓘ
Paro District → borders → Chukha District ⓘ
Wang Chhu River → locatedIn → Chukha District ⓘ