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514:"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab"
547:Facts about Bhutan The land of the Thunder Dragon
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471:Unlike most other districts, Samtse, along with
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300:Economy and education
208:Bsam-rtse rdzong-khag
629:Government of Bhutan
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202:: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་;
132: • Density
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622:"Chiwogs in Samtse"
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322:subsistence farming
226:History and culture
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324:. Out of the many
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500:References
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278:Lhotshampa
212:dzongkhags
119:Population
735:Districts
353:Singapore
347:Geography
272:Languages
259:animistic
220:dungkhags
141:Time zone
808:Zhemgang
793:Bumthang
786:Southern
589:(1993).
483:See also
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314:Cardamom
310:dolomite
282:Dzongkha
200:Dzongkha
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860:Lhuntse
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817:Western
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772:Tsirang
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750:Central
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183:.samtse
176:Website
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598:London
568:online
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