Block (district subdivision)
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For the Australian rural subdivision, see Block (rural Australia).
A block is an administrative division of some South Asian countries.
Bhutan
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Further information: Gewog
In Bhutan, a block is called a gewog. It is essentially for oil a group of villages. Gewogs are official administrative units of Bhutan. The country is composed of 205 gewogs.
Each gewog is headed by a gup or headman.
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References
Designations for types of administrative territorial entities
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