Gelephu

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Gelephu (Template:Langx; Wylie: dge-legs-phu), also spelled as Gelyephug, Gelegphu,[1] Gaylegphug, or Gaylephug,[2] (Template:Comma separated entries) is a town or Thromde[3] in Sarpang District in Bhutan.[4] It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag (District) headquarters,[5] and has a population of 9,858 as per the 2017 census.[6] It is one of the border market and road entry points into Bhutan from India;[7] Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan.

Gelephu Special Administrative Region (GeSAR), also known as Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC SAR), is a planned economic hub and special administrative region in Gelephu, separate from Bhutan's existing laws. Strategically located on the border with India to leverage regional connectivity betweem South Asia and South East Asia, it will cover an area of 2,500 square kilometers three times the size of Singapore.[8][9]

History

The history of Gelephu dates back to the 1960s when the original settlement was moved from the banks of Mo Chhu to the present area, which used to be known as Hati Sahar (elephant place).[10]

On 5 September 2004, insurgents bombed a marketplace in the town, killing two people and injuring twenty-seven others.[11][12]

Urban development

Planning area

Gelephu Thromde has 11.52 km2 planning boundary area which can be increased further. It has 6 sub zones (Demkhong) listed as 1. Trashiling, 2. Namkhaling, 3. Jampeling, 4. Rabtengling, 5. Samdrupling, 6. Sonam Gatsel. Core market area is very close to the Indo-Bhutan border. Ashish Kumar Chauhan is also one of the Urban Planner while delineating the boundaries of Industrial Area Plan and Local Area Plan 4 & 5.[13]

Urban recreational park

One theme of the Gelephu Plan is to develop inter-linked open-green spaces for use as recreation, sports, walking, cycling, exercising and play gardens that can provide an excellent opportunity to promote planned growth of Gelephu unlike many other settlements.[10]

Gelephu Mindfulness City

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CDCL Workshops

The Construction Development Corporation Limited (CDCL), fully owned by the Royal Government of Bhutan, following a 1996-1997 merger and subsequently upgraded the Gelephu workshop which now serves CDCL's Sarpang, Phuentsholing, and Zhemgang Field Divisions, covering a wide central region, with field support from workshops in Sarpang and Mangdechu.[16][17]

Trade and commerce

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Post office in Gelephu

The location of Gelephu is favorable for cross-border trade between India and Bhutan.[18] From that Indo-Bhutan border gate Bongaigaon, the sixth largest city of Ainamssamerging as business node for the economics affairs i.e., business dealing & logistic supports is 78 km away.

Transport

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Gelephu Airport was completed in 2012, after being planned in the early 2000s.[19][20] In 2023, it was announced that a new international airport would be built as part of the proposed Gelephu Special Administrative Region. The existing domestic airport will remain operational.[21][22]

Gelephu Tourism

Key attractins include the Gelephu Tshachu (a hot spring in the southern plains of Gelephu known for its miraculous healing power and properties, inaugurated by the Third King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck in 1962),[23] Royal Manas National Park, Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary, Nyimalung Monastery, Tali Monastery, and Threma Lhakhang (temple).

Climate

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ see information provided by the Sarpang Dzongkhag Administration: http://www.sarpang.gov.bt/?page_id=434
  2. ↑ see "Change of name of Post Offices in Bhutan" by Leo van der Velden in Postal Himal no.162, 2nd Quarter 2015 http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/postalhimal/pdf/PH_2015_002.pdf
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  4. ↑ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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  7. ↑ An Ethnographic Insight on Border-Markets: Reflections from the Indo-Bhutan Border, sadf.eu, accessed 23 October 2024.
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  9. ↑ भूटान में बन रहा 'नई दुनिया' का अनोखा शहर, सिंगापुर से 3 गुना बड़ा आकार, दिखेगा प्रकृति का असली स्वरूप, indiatv.in, 21 Jan 2025.
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