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Chiwogs of Bhutan or chios (Dzongkha: སྤྱི་འོག་chio) refer to the 1044 basic electoral precincts of Bhutan. Chiwogs are also former third-level administrative divisions of Bhutan below gewogs. Until 2009, they were the equivalent of municipalities or parishes, containing clusters of villages and hamlets. There are generally 5 or 6 chios in each geo, and in turn several geos in each dzongkha (district). To illustrate, there are 50 chios in Paro District alone. The majority of chios are small rural communities; more densely populated areas tend to be separate thromdes, or municipalities. A Chiwog Disaster Management Plan (CDMP) exists in some chios to form an effective responsive to any local disasters.[1] Often, participants in the CDMP are also trained at a geo level for better coordination.[2]
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^"Regional Climate Risk Reduction Project (RCRRP)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
instead of Tibetan characters. ChiwogsofBhutan or chios (Dzongkha: སྤྱི་འོག་ chio) refer to the 1044 basic electoral precincts ofBhutan. Chiwogs are also...
hhukha-dzongkhag/[permanent dead link] "Chiwogs in Bumthang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government ofBhutan. 2011. Archived from the original (PDF)...
Bhutan are made up of groups of individual settlements, grouped together by chiwog for election purposes. This list is based mainly on information of...
conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The Druk Gyalpo (འབྲུག་རྒྱལ་པོ་; lit. 'Dragon King') is the head of state of the Kingdom ofBhutan. In the Dzongkha...
The prime minister ofBhutan (Lyonchhen) is the head of government ofBhutan. The prime minister is nominated by the party that wins the most seats in...
Bhutan is a Buddhist country by constitution and Buddhism plays a vital role in the country. The official religion in Bhutan is Buddhism, which is practiced...
The branches of the armed forces ofBhutan are the Royal Bhutan Army (RBA), Royal Bodyguards, and Royal Bhutan Police. Bhutan does not have an air force...
Tourism in Bhutan began in 1974, when the Government ofBhutan, in an effort to raise revenue and to promote Bhutanese unique culture and traditions to...
of Tibetan characters. The Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; Dzongkha: བསྟན་སྲུང་དམག་སྡེ་, romanized: bStan-srung dmag-sde) is a branch of the armed forces of the...
national emblem ofBhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ལས་རྟགས་; Wylie: rgyal-yongs las-rtags) maintains several elements of the flag ofBhutan, with slightly...
The economy ofBhutan is based on agriculture and forestry, which provide the main livelihood for more than 60% of the population. Agriculture consists...
Gewogs (Counties or Blocks), numbering 205 in all ofBhutan. These are in turn subdivided into Chiwogs for election purposes. Each Gewog is represented...
The Government ofBhutan has been a constitutional monarchy since 18 July 2008. The King ofBhutan is the head of state. The executive power is exercised...
The national symbols ofBhutan include the national flag, national emblem, national anthem, and the mythical druk thunder featured in all three. Other...
The visa policy of the Kingdom ofBhutan is strictly regulated under the policy of "High Value, Low Volume" tourism, in order to minimize the effect on...
2011. Ahead of elections, 1,042 chiwogs, the basis ofBhutan's single-constituency electoral scheme, were slated to elect the leadership of Dzongkhag,...
conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The Parliament ofBhutan (Dzongkha: རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་ཚོགས་ཁང་ gyelyong tshokhang) consists of the King ofBhutan together with...
Bhutan has diplomatic relations with 54 of 193 member states of the United Nations and the European Union. Bhutan's limited number of such relations,...
The Duar War (or Anglo-Bhutan War) was a war fought between British India and Bhutan in 1864 to 1865. It has been the only military conflict between the...
This is a list of cities and towns in Bhutan. Chhukha Daga Damphu Gasa Gelephu Ha Jakar Lhuntshi Mongar Paro Pemagatsel Phuntsholing Punakha Samtse Samdrup...
conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The national flag ofBhutan (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཡུལ་རྒྱལ་དར) is one of the national symbols ofBhutan. The flag features...
Energy in Bhutan has been a primary focus of development in the kingdom under its Five-Year Plans. In cooperation with India, Bhutan has undertaken several...
Transport in Bhutan uses about 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) of roads and four airports, three of which are operational and interconnected. Paro Airport...
mountains ofBhutan are some of the most prominent natural geographic features of the kingdom. Located on the southern end of the Eastern Himalaya, Bhutan has...
as part of preparation for the country's move to democracy: Bhutan Times, and Bhutan Observer, which also produced a Dzongkha edition. Bhutan Today, an...
Elections in Bhutan are conducted at national (Parliamentary) and local levels. Suffrage is universal for citizens 18 and over, and under applicable election...
law on Bhutan's administrative divisions: Dzongkhags, Dungkhags, Gewogs, Chiwogs, and Thromdes (municipalities). The Local Government Act ofBhutan has been...
Kheng Gongduk Tshangla (Sharchop) There are two dozen languages ofBhutan, all members of the Tibeto-Burman language family except for Nepali, which is...
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