# Samtse
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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name = Samtse
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|native_name = ་བསམ་རྩེ
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|settlement_type = Town
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|subdivision_type = Country
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|subdivision_type1 = [District](/source/Districts_of_Bhutan)
|subdivision_name1 = [Samtse](/source/Samtse_District)
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'''Samtse''' is a [town](/source/town) and the headquarters of the [Samtse District](/source/Samtse_District) in [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan). The population of the town was 5,396 as of 2017.[{{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}}] The population of the Samtse district was 60,100 at the 2005 census.[{{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}}]
Samtse is close to the [Bhutan–India border](/source/Bhutan%E2%80%93India_border). Across the border is the [India](/source/India)n town of Chamurchi. The nearest railway station is [Banarhat railway station](/source/Banarhat_railway_station) which lies around 18 kilometres away by road in [India](/source/India)n State of [West Bengal](/source/West_Bengal).
==Climate==
Samtse features a dry-winter [humid subtropical climate](/source/humid_subtropical_climate) ([Köppen](/source/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification) ''Cwa'') with very heavy rainfall in summer.
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|location = Samtse ([Sibsu](/source/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
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|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
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| 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
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|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
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|source 1 = National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology[{{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](/source/National_Center_for_Hydrology_and_Meteorology)
| accessdate = 20 February 2025}}]
|source 2 = [World Meteorological Organization](/source/World_Meteorological_Organization) (rainy days 1996–2018)[
{{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
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==References==
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Category:Populated places in Bhutan
Category:Bhutan–India border crossings
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