Chukha District

#67 among destinations in Bhutan

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Chukha District is one of the 20 dzongkhag comprising Bhutan. The major town is Phuentsholing which is the gateway city along the sole road which connects India to western Bhutan. Chukha is the commercial and the financial capital of Bhutan. With Bhutan's oldest hydropower plant, Chukha hydel, and Tala Hydroelectricity Project, the country's largest power plant, Chukha is the dzongkhag which contributes the most to the GDP of the country. Also located in Chukha district are some of the country's oldest industrial companies like the Bhutan Carbide Chemical Limited and the Bhutan Boards Products Limited. ()

Local name: ཆུ་ཁ་རྫོང་ཁག Area: 768.73 mi²Coordinates: 27°0'0"N, 89°30'0"E

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Nearby attractions include: Gedu, Gaedu College of Business Studies.

4.8 miS
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Gedu
124 min walk • Gedu, also transliterated as Gaedu, is a town in south-western Bhutan. It is located in Chukha District. It is the location of one of the colleges of the Royal University of Bhutan, Gaedu College of Business Studies.
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Gaedu College of Business Studies
140 min walk • Gedu College of Business Studies is an autonomous government college affiliated with the Royal University of Bhutan, offering full-time contemporary business and management education in Bhutan. It is located in the town of Gedu.