Trashigang District

Coordinates: 27°15′N 91°40′E / 27.250°N 91.667°E / 27.250; 91.667
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27°15′N 91°40′E / 27.250°N 91.667°E / 27.250; 91.667

Trashigang district
བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག
District
dzongkhag
(district).

Culture

The population of the district is mainly

Sharchop, which means "easterner" in Dzongkha
, the national language.

Languages

The dominant language of Trashigang is

Dakpa language and the Southern Bodish Brokpa language. Dakpa is spoken by descendants of yakherding communities, and may in fact be a divergent dialect of Brokpake, heavily influenced by Dzalakha.[2][3]

Economy and education

While it has no major urban area, Trashigang has the densest population in Bhutan. It used to be part of an important trade route connecting

lavender
.

There are several tourist packages to Bhutan that include trips from Thimphu to Trashigang, despite the 17-hour journey from the capital over the rough and dangerous Lateral Road.

Trashigang is also the site of Sherubtse College, the original college within the Royal University of Bhutan system.

Landmarks

Trashigang Dzong

Trashigang Dzong, or fortress, was built in 1659 by the third Druk Desi Chögyal Mingyur Tenpa to defend against Tibetan invaders. Because of its altitude, invading armies remarked that "it is not a dzong on the ground, it is in the sky".

An ancient

Guru Rimpoche
or that of a khandroma (angel).

Shantarakshita and Chögyal Trisong Detsen
(Khen-Lop-Chö sum).

Administrative divisions

Trashigang Districts is divided into fifteen village blocks (or

gewogs):[4]

Protected area

The

Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary in Samdrup Jongkhar District to the south.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  2. ^ "Dakpakha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  3. SOAS
    . Retrieved 2011-01-18.
  4. Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
  5. ^ "Older Bhutanese Remember Abominable Snowman". Associated Press. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-08-06. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  6. ^ "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. Archived from the original on 2011-07-02. Retrieved 2011-03-26.

External links

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