Gelephu

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Gelephu (Dzongkha: དགེ་ལེགས་ཕུ་; Wylie: dge-legs-phu) is a town and Thromde in Sarpang District, Bhutan. It is located on the Indian border, about 30 km to the east of Sarpang, the Dzongkhag (District) headquarters, and has a population of 9,858 as per the 2017 census. It is one of the border markets and road entry points into Bhutan from India; Phuntsholing to its west and Samdrup Jongkhar to its east are two other border market road entry points into Bhutan. Gelephu Special Administrative Region (GeSAR) also known as Gelephu Mindfulness City (GMC), is a planned economic hub and special administrative region in Gelephu, separate from Bhutan's existing laws. Strategically located on the border with India to leverage regional connectivity betweem South Asia and South East Asia, it will cover an area of 2,500 square kilometers, or three times the size of Singapore.

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