Location of Lhuntse dzongkhag within BhutanLhuntse, previously Lhuntshi, is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It consists of 2506 households (Royal Government, Ninth Plan, pg. 2). Located in the northeast, Lhuntse is one of the lest developed dzhongkhags of Bhutan. There are few roads, the first gas station was opened as recently as September 2005, electricity is not well distributed and the difficult terrain makes distribution of social welfare difficult. Despite its favourable climate, farming is also hindered by the difficult infrastructure.

Lhuntse is divided into eight gewogs/ A gewog (Dzongkha "block") refers to a group of villages in Bhutan and thus forms an intermediate geographic administrative unit between village and dzongkhag/:Gangzur Gewog ;Jaray Gewog ;Khoma Gewog ;Kurtoe Gewog ;Menbi Gewog ;Metsho Gewog ;Minjay Gewog ;Tsenkhar Gewog.