Gelephu
Sign in to saveGelephu (; Wylie: dge-legs-phu), also spelled as Gelyephug, Gelegphu, Gaylegphug, or Gaylephug, is a town or Thromde in Sarpang District in Bhutan. It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag (District) headquarters, and has a population of 9,858 as per the 2017 census. It is one of the border markets and road entry points into Bhutan from India; Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dzongkhag Thromde
- Region
- གསར་སྤང་རྫོང་ཁག་
- Country
- འབྲུག་ཡུལ།
- Population
- 9,858
- Timezone
- Asia/Thimphu
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Key facts
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 221
- Settlement.official_name
- Gelephu
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Thromde
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bhutan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bhutan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Sarpang District
- Settlement.leader_title1
- Thrompon
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Tshering Norbu
- Settlement.leader_title2
Key dates
- Inception
- July 2010
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- border city
- Country
- Bhutan
- Located in
- Sarpang District
- Area
- +11.5
- Elevation
- +221
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
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Article
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Early settlement and indigenous inhabitants
- Emergence as a trading hub (19th–early 20th century)
- Modern development (1970s–2000s)
- Urban development
- Trade and commerce
- Transport
- Health
- Tourism
- Climate
- See also
- References
- External links
Gelephu (; Wylie: dge-legs-phu), also spelled as Gelyephug, Gelegphu, Gaylegphug, or Gaylephug, is a town or Thromde in Sarpang District in Bhutan. It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag (District) headquarters, and has a population of 9,858 as per the 2017 census. It is one of the border markets and road entry points into Bhutan from India; Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan.
Gelephu is located near the border with Assam, India. Positioned along the banks of the Mao River, it serves as a key commercial and transit hub, connecting Bhutan to India via the Gelephu–Kokrajhar road and the proposed Gelephu–Kokrajhar railway link.