Gedu

Gedu
Gedu; རྒིད་འདུ་
	Gedu Location in Bhutan
	Coordinates: 26°55′48″N 89°30′0″E
Country	Bhutan
District	Chukha District
Government
• Major	Niklas Schwerin
Population (2012)
• Total	4,993
Time zone	UTC+6
• Summer (DST)	Bhutan
Bhutan Post	21006
Area code(s)	05
Website	http://chhukha.gov.bt/news.php

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.

At the 2005 census, its population was 4,288.[1]

Economy

The economy of Gedu is growing quickly largely due to the Tala Hydroelectric Project Authority (THPA) program which started in 1998 and which has drawn substantial migration to Gedu, with thousands of workers looking for jobs.[2]

Infrastructure and facilities have increased since the late 1990s to cater for the new population. Before 1997, the town was a village with no telephones or STD facilities.[2] THPA has constructed over 840 units of apartments in the town and has spent roughly Nu. 897,117,000 on the buildings including the new high school for 1300 students, sports facilities and a 20-bed hospital with five doctors serving the district.[2]

A total of 122 kilometres of roads were constructed at a cost of about Nu. 1,222,000,000, and 15 bridges in the town and the surrounding area at Nu. 104,500,000.[2] There is a new water treatment plant built in the town at the cost of Nu. 30,000,000. The plant has a storage capacity of 707,600 litres.[2]

Post office building of Gedu

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References

"Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-07-11.
"Gedu booms but will it last ?". Kuensel. Bhutan's national newspaper. 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-11.

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[1] "Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-07-11.

[Economy-2] "Gedu booms but will it last ?". Kuensel. Bhutan's national newspaper. 2002. Retrieved 2008-07-11.