Gomtu

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File:Gomtu border gate with India 2009.jpg

Gomtu is a border town in south-western Bhutan near the border with India. It is located in Samtse District. Gomtu is a small industrial town by road only reachable via India. It lays at a distance of some 70 kilometers west of the large Bhutanese border town of Phuentsholing. There are two cement factories based on the Gomtu Industrial Estate, Penden Cement and Lhaki cement. Heavenly Bhutan website https://www.heavenlybhutan.com/sightseeing-places-of-bhutan/places-to-visit-in-samtse/gomtu-industrial-estate/ ; see also Penden Cement website http://pendencement.bt/ Gomtu has a government Higher Secondary School {{Cite web |title=Gomtu Higher Secondary School – Gomtu Higher Secondary School |url=https://gomtuhss.edu.bt/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US}} and a government referral hospital. {{Cite web |date=2021-09-26 |title=Gomtu Hospital - YFHS Bhutan |url=https://yfhsbhutan.org/stores/gomtu-hospital/ |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en-US}} In the Pugli Hills around Gomtu the mineral dolomite is mined by the Jigme Mining Corporation Limited. {{Cite news |date=2007-06-05 |title=Mines destroy Bhutan's mountains |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/environment-bhutan-dolomite-env-dc-idUSPAR54656020070605 |access-date=2023-07-11}}

At the 2005 census, its population was 4,524.{{cite web|url=http://world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=&men=gcis&lng=en&des=wg&srt=npan&col=abcdefghinoq&msz=1500&geo=-41|title=Bhutan: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|accessdate=2008-07-11|work=World Gazetteer}}{{dead link|date=July 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The postal code of Gomtu is 22002. {{Cite web |title=List of Post Code |url=https://bhutanpost.bt/postcode/searchpostcode-exec.php |access-date=2023-07-11 |website=bhutanpost.bt}}