[1][2] It is the northernmost gewog of the Haa District, bordering China's Chumbi Valley (Yadong county).

China claims a large part of the gewog as its territory and has recently started building roads and villages in the border areas.

[3][4] In 2002, the Ninth Plan document reported that the Bji Gewog had an area of 832 square kilometres and contained 234 households in 8 villages.

The Amo Chu basin in the gewog is part of Torsa national forest and is designated as a "strict nature reserve".

According to Bhutan's secretary for international boundaries, the pastures of Shakhatoe had always been used by the yak herders of the Haa district.

[11] Since August 2004, China has started building its own motor roads in the region, disregarding Bhutanese protests.

The lower western portion of its valley, with a stream called Kongbu (Chinese: 空布), appears to have been ceded by Bhutan to China by 2018.

[7]: 8  The remaining course of the Langmarpo Chu has not been ceded but is under effective occupation of China with a highway and several villages constructed along it.

At the southwestern end, the Amo Chu river forms the border of the Bji Gewog.

[23] According to the current demographic data based on the 2017 census, the Bji Gewog has a population of 3,230 living in 23 villages.