Samtse District

27°0′N 89°5′E / 27.000°N 89.083°E / 27.000; 89.083

Samtse district
བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག
District
Map of Samtse district in Bhutan
CountryBhutan
HeadquartersSamtse
Area
  Total
1,305 km2 (504 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
  Total
62,590
  Density48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)0.620
medium · 9th
Websitewww.samtse.gov.bt

Samtse District (Dzongkha: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Bsam-rtse rdzong-khag; older spelling "Samchi") is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It comprises two subdistricts (dungkhags): Tashicholing and Dophuchen. They are further subdivided into 15 gewogs (village blocks). The Samtse district covers a total area of 1304 km2.