Lhuntse District
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Lhuntse district
ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་ | |
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District | |
Country | Bhutan |
Headquarters | Lhuntse |
Area | |
• Total | 1,944 km2 (751 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 14,437 |
• Density | 7.4/km2 (19/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
HDI (2019) | 0.605[1] medium · 14th of 20 |
Website | lhuentse |
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Lhuentse District (Dzongkha: ལྷུན་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Lhuen-rtse rdzong-khag; previously "Lhuntshi", and officially spelled Lhuentse [2]) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It consists of 2506 households.[3] Located in the northeast, Lhuentse is one of the least developed dzhongkhags of Bhutan. There are few roads, the first gas station was opened in September 2005, electricity is not well distributed, and the difficult terrain makes distribution of social welfare problematic. Despite its favorable climate, farming is hindered by the lack of infrastructure.[4]