Gelephu gewog also known as Hatisar in the olden days, which meant elephants residing in the area, back then the area of the gewog was very vast which included the recently formed Gelephu thromde is in the southern foothills under Sarpang Dzongkhag. It shares border with India (Assam) and this makes it a hub for cross-border trade.
Gelephu is a warm, fertile region with plenty of rainfall. The gewog experiences sub-tropical climatic condition having warm and dry winter, wet and hot summer. The minimum rainfall ranges from 1500-3500 mm per annum and the temperature ranges from 16-30 degree. The altitude above sea level is 200-800 masl. Gelephu is one of the areas through which visitors can enter Bhutan overland through the Indian state of Assam and it is also a gateway to the Royal Manas National Park, the oldest nature preserve in the Kingdom of Bhutan. It’s incredible biodiversity includes hundreds of rare animal and plant species that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world such as Golden Langurs, Gangetic Dolphins and the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros.
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