Official Name: | Samtse |
Native Name: | ་བསམ་རྩེ |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Bhutan |
Pushpin Label Position: | top |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bhutan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bhutan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Samtse |
Population As Of: | 2017 |
Population Total: | 5396 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | BTT |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Coordinates: | 27.0333°N 94°W |
Elevation M: | 417 |
Samtse is a town and the headquarters of the Samtse District in Bhutan. The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017.[1] The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.[2]
Samtse is close to the Bhutan–India border. Across the border is the Indian town of Chamurchi.
Samtse features a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) with very heavy rainfall in summer.