Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing (Dzongkha: ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང་), is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District.

[3] Phuentsholing adjoins the Indian town of Jaigaon, and cross-border trade has resulted in a thriving local economy.

[4] On 5 April 1964, reformist Prime Minister Jigme Dorji was assassinated in Phuntsholing by monarchist cadres as the king lay ill in Switzerland.

The late Prime Minister, Jigme Dorji informed Phuentsholing residents that concrete houses could be constructed.

Jaigaon across the border is larger, bustling and loud, similar to many other West Bengal centres of commerce, albeit with many Bhutanese shoppers.

Phuntsholing is uniquely more urban than other Bhutanese towns as it is the Bhutan financial, industrial and trading capital.

From almost anywhere in the city, one can see the road to Thimphu snaking up the hillside, and in the evening it is easy to see the headlights of distant vehicles heading towards the capital.

The Lateral Road, Bhutan's main highway, begins in Phuntsholing and winds some 636 kilometres (395 mi)[9] to Trashigang in the east.