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Samtse

Samtse is a town and the headquarters of the Samtse District in Bhutan. The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017. The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.

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Place details

Locality: Sa-Tshamchhu Tshongdzom
Region: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་
Country: འབྲུག་ཡུལ།
Population: 5,396
Timezone: Asia/Thimphu

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Settlement.official_name: Samtse
Settlement.native_name: ་བསམ་རྩེ
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Samtse Post Office 2009 DSC03716 485 kb.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 300px
Settlement.image_caption: Post office in Samtse
Settlement.pushpin_map: Bhutan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: top
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Bhutan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: District
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Samtse
Settlement.population_as_of

Wikidata facts

Instance of: border city
Country: Bhutan
Located in: Samtse District
Population: +4981
Elevation: +417
Time zone: UTC+06:00
Capital of: Samtse District
Image: Samtse Post Office 2009 DSC03716 485 kb.jpg

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Samtse is a town and the headquarters of the Samtse District in Bhutan. The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017. The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.

Samtse is close to the Bhutan–India border. Across the border is the Indian town of Chamurchi. The nearest railway station is Banarhat railway station which lies around 18 kilometres away by road in Indian State of West Bengal.