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Rukubji is an ancient village located in Sephu Gewog (Dzongkha: སྲས་ཕུག་) in Wangdue Phodrang District, in Bhutan.
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Geography
Rukubji sits on ridge between three rivers on the edge of the Black Mountains. Some of the homes are more than 200 years old, with eroded mud and bamboo walls.
History and Mythology
The ridge on which the village is built is said to resemble a snake, a harmful spirit, which in the area’s ancient history and mythology was subdued by the founder of Bhutanese Buddhism, Guru Rimpoche. This and three nearby villages totaling 90 households are known today as being part of another successful micro hydro installation.
Rukubji Village is located in Sephu Gewog. Sephu Gewog is located in the north eastern part of Wangdue Dzongkhag and is the largest gewog (area wise). Sephu is made up of 10 villages (Buso, Zerey. Dubzor, Nangkha, Rukubji, Bumpailog, Rewana, Longtay, Gangchukha and Thaney) and consists of 276 number of households. Sephu consists of an estimated area of 1105.70 km2. The terrain is mostly rugged, with an altitude of 2800 to 5000 meters above sea level. Settlements are scattered and mostly migratory in nature. There are 2 Community Primary Schools (Rukubji CPS and Sephu CPS), 1 AEC, 1 LEC, 1 post office agent, 1 GR II BHU in Chazam, 1 logging unit, 1 monastic education center, several lhakhangs of which Wangdue Gompa, Rukubji Lhakhang and Bhumilo Lhakhang are the most important and 1 temporary Gups office in Chazam.