Profile of Sangbay Gewog

Sangbay geog is one of the remotest of gewog in Ha Dzongkhag. It takes officially 4 days of tedious walk from the nearest road head to the Gewog centre. Gewog has an area of about 432.8 Sq.Km (approx.) with 6 “Tshowogs” (Shabjee, Sangbaykha, Nakhekha, Nakha,Yaba & Mochu). All the Tshowogs are scattered into 13 villages with 183 households.

The altitude of Sangbay Gewog ranges from 1400m to 2100m above the sea level. The climatic condition of Sangbay Gewog varies from warm in summer with heavy rainfall and hailstorms and cold dry in winter. The Gewog has 85% of forest coverage and it has Sub- Tropical Forest and Evergreen Broad Leave Species. The forest products found in the Gewog are Bamboo, Cane Shoots, Ferns and Mushroom. The soil is mostly sandy loam, clay loam, clay and sandy clay loam. It is surrounded by Sama geog in the Northeast and Samtse Dzongkhag in the South.