Samtse

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'''Samtse''' is a town and the headquarters of the Samtse District in Bhutan. The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/Bhutan.html|title=Bhutan: Districts & Major Towns - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information|access-date=2021-10-08|archive-date=2003-10-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031005003408/https://www.citypopulation.de/Bhutan.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.<ref>{{cite web|first=|title=Annual Dzongkhag Statistics 2010|url=http://www.nsb.gov.bt/publication/files/pub4ag8631tx.pdf|publisher=National Statistics Bureau|access-date=4 May 2014|archive-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118040332/http://www.nsb.gov.bt/publication/files/pub4ag8631tx.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Samtse is close to the Bhutan–India border. Across the border is the Indian town of Chamurchi. The nearest railway station is Banarhat railway station which lies around 18 kilometres away by road in Indian State of West Bengal.

==Climate== Samtse features a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen ''Cwa'') with very heavy rainfall in summer.

{{Weather box|width=auto |metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Samtse (Sibsu), elevation {{convert|550|m|ft|abbr=on}}, (1996–2017 normals) |Jan record high C = 30.0 |Feb record high C = 32.0 |Mar record high C = 32.0 |Apr record high C = 34.0 |May record high C = 34.0 |Jun record high C = 34.0 |Jul record high C = 34.5 |Aug record high C = 34.5 |Sep record high C = 34.0 |Oct record high C = 34.5 |Nov record high C = 32.0 |Dec record high C = 30.2 |Jan record low C = 6.0 |Feb record low C = 10.0 |Mar record low C = 11.0 |Apr record low C = 15.0 |May record low C = 15.5 |Jun record low C = 18.5 |Jul record low C = 17.0 |Aug record low C = 20.0 |Sep record low C = 19.0 |Oct record low C = 16.5 |Nov record low C = 13.0 |Dec record low C = 8.0 |Jan high C = 21.2 |Feb high C = 23.5 |Mar high C = 26.6 |Apr high C = 28.1 |May high C = 28.8 |Jun high C = 29.0 |Jul high C = 28.6 |Aug high C = 29.2 |Sep high C = 29.2 |Oct high C = 28.6 |Nov high C = 26.0 |Dec high C = 23.3 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 17.1 |Feb mean C = 19.4 |Mar mean C = 22.5 |Apr mean C = 24.3 |May mean C = 25.3 |Jun mean C = 26.2 |Jul mean C = 26.2 |Aug mean C = 26.6 |Sep mean C = 26.4 |Oct mean C = 24.9 |Nov mean C = 21.9 |Dec mean C = 19.0 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 13.0 |Feb low C = 15.2 |Mar low C = 18.3 |Apr low C = 20.5 |May low C = 21.8 |Jun low C = 23.3 |Jul low C = 23.7 |Aug low C = 24.0 |Sep low C = 23.6 |Oct low C = 21.2 |Nov low C = 17.7 |Dec low C = 14.7 | year low C = |rain colour = green |Jan rain mm = 20.6 |Feb rain mm = 40.4 |Mar rain mm = 102.6 |Apr rain mm = 333.4 |May rain mm = 631.1 |Jun rain mm = 1069.1 |Jul rain mm = 1216.8 |Aug rain mm = 1075.2 |Sep rain mm = 665.9 |Oct rain mm = 213.8 |Nov rain mm = 32.9 |Dec rain mm = 14.3 |year rain mm = | Jan humidity = 57.3 | Feb humidity = 59.6 | Mar humidity = 59.1 | Apr humidity = 65.2 | May humidity = 72.1 | Jun humidity = 81.9 | Jul humidity = 85.6 | Aug humidity = 83.0 | Sep humidity = 80.1 | Oct humidity = 68.5 | Nov humidity = 60.7 | Dec humidity = 57.0 | year humidity = |unit rain days = 0.1 mm |Jan rain days = 2.5 |Feb rain days = 4.3 |Mar rain days = 8.7 |Apr rain days = 15.1 |May rain days = 21.0 |Jun rain days = 25.7 |Jul rain days = 28.8 |Aug rain days = 27.7 |Sep rain days = 22.1 |Oct rain days = 10.3 |Nov rain days = 2.6 |Dec rain days = 1.6 |year rain days= |source 1 = National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.nchm.gov.bt/attachment/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Climate%20Data%20Book%20of%20Bhutan%2C%202018.pdf | title = Climate Data Book of Bhutan, 2018 | publisher = National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology | accessdate = 20 February 2025}}</ref> |source 2 = World Meteorological Organization (rainy days 1996–2018)<ref> {{cite web|url = https://worldweather.wmo.int/en/city.html?cityId=2955|title = World Weather Information Service – Samtse|publisher= World Meteorological Organization|access-date = November 1, 2022 }}</ref> }}

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Category:Populated places in Bhutan Category:Bhutan–India border crossings