Dungkhag

Parliament Judiciary A dungkhag (Dzongkha: དྲུང་ཁག་ drungkhak) is a sub-district of a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan.

[1] Under the Local Government Act of 2007, dungkhags provided general administration and coordination for two or more gewogs.

The Dungpa was empowered to attend the meetings of the Gewog Tshogdes as a non-voting member.

[3][4] Under the Local Government Act of 2009, the administrative status of dungkhags is eschewed, and Dungpas are not specified to attend meetings of the Dzongkhag Tshogdu.

The repeal of the Local Government Act of 2007 means that although dungkhags are no longer legal administrative divisions, they remain judicial and law enforcement jurisdictions under the Constitution.