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Samtse District, Bhutani
Regional Level Types
Samtse DistrictDistrict
BhutanCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Samtse5,479 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
214716
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214716:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Samtse, Bhoutan
German:
Samtse, Bhutan
Italian:
distretto di Samtse, Bhutan
Russian:
Самце, Бутан
Simplified Chinese:
萨姆宗, 不丹
Spanish:
Distrito de Samtse, Bután
Arabic:
مقاطعة سامتسي, بوتان
Bengali:
সামটসে জেলা
Breton:
Bann Samtsi
Bulgarian:
Самце, Бутан
Catalan:
Districte de Samtse, Bhutan
Cebuano:
Samtse Dzongkhag
Danish:
Samtse District, Bhutan
Dutch:
Samtse, Bhutan
Dzongkha:
བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག
Esperanto:
Distrikto Samce
Estonian:
Samtse ringkond, Bhutan
Farsi/Persian:
استان سامتس, پادشاهی بوتان
Finnish:
Samtse, Bhutan
Greek:
Σάμτσε, Μπουτάν
Gujarati:
સમત્સે જિલ્લો
Hindi:
साम्त्से जिला, भूटान
Hungarian:
Samtse körzet, Bhután
Indonesian:
Distrik Samtse, Bhutan
Japanese:
サムツェ, ブータン
Kannada:
ಸ್ಯಾಮ್ಸೆ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
Korean:
삼체 현, 부탄
Latvian:
Samcī distrikts, Butāna
Lithuanian:
Samtsės apskritis, Butanas
Malay:
Samtse District
Marathi:
समष्टी जिल्हा
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Samtse Koān
Northern Frisian:
Samtse
Norwegian:
Samtse, Bhutan
Pashto:
سامتسی ولسوالۍ
Polish:
Samce , Bhutan
Portuguese:
Samtse, Butão
Romanian:
Districtul Samtse, Bhutan
Serbian:
Самце, Бутан
Sinhalese:
සම්ට්සේ දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Swedish:
Samtse, Bhutan
Tamil:
சமட்ஸ் மாவட்டம்
Telugu:
సామ్ట్సే జిల్లా
Thai:
มณฑลซัมชิ, ภูฏาน
Tibetan (Standard):
བསམ་རྩེ་གི་ས་ཁོངས།
Traditional Chinese:
薩姆宗
Turkish:
Samtse District, Bhutan
Ukrainian:
Самце, Бутан
Urdu:
سامتسے ضلع
Vietnamese:
Quận Samtse, Bhutan
Waray:
Samtse
Western Punjabi:
ضلع سامٹسے


Samtse District (Dzongkha: བསམ་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Bsam-rtse rdzong-khag; older spelling "Samchi") is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan.

It comprises two subdistricts (dungkhags): Tashicholing and Dophuchen.

They are further subdivided into 15 gewogs (village blocks).

The Samtse district covers a total area of 1304 sq km.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List


1 valid mineral.

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Talc
var. Steatite
9.EC.05Mg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
9.EC.05Mg3Si4O10(OH)2

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Talc var. SteatiteMg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
H TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
OOxygen
O Talc var. SteatiteMg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
O TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
MgMagnesium
Mg Talc var. SteatiteMg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Mg TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Talc var. SteatiteMg3(Si4O10)(OH)2
Si TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2

Fossils

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samtse_District
Wikidata ID:Q728917
GeoNames ID:1337289


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