Trongsa District
27°20′N 90°25′E / 27.333°N 90.417°E
Trongsa district
ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག | |
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| HDI (2019) | 0.615[1] medium · 10th |
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Trongsa District (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie transliteration: Krong-gsar rdzong-khag) is one of the districts of Bhutan. It is the most central district of Bhutan and the geographic centre of Bhutan is located within it at Trongsa Dzong
Languages
'Olekha (Black Mountain Monpa) speakers have all but disappeared.[2]
Historically,
Khengkha, nearby languages of central and eastern Bhutan, to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages." Nyenkha, also related to the Bumthang languages, is more divergent while 'Olekha is only distantly related.[3][4][5]
Geography
Trongsa covers a total area of 1807 sq km.[6] It is bordered by Wangdue Phodrang District to the west and Bumthang District to the east. To the south it borders Tsirang, Sarpang, and Zhemgang Districts.
Administrative divisions
Trongsa District is divided into five village blocks (or gewogs):[7]
Environment
Most of Trongsa Districts is environmentally protected.
Thrumshingla National Park in neighboring districts.[7][8] Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park preserves some of Bhutan's wildlife such as the Himalayan Bear and White Langur.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- SOAS. Retrieved 2011-01-18.
- ISBN 9780906026441.
- ISBN 978-0-7007-1197-0.
- ISBN 978-3-11-017050-4.
- ^ a b Facts about Bhutan The Land of the Thunder Dragon. Absolute Bhutan Books. 2017. p. 328.
- ^ Government of Bhutan. 2011. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-07-28.
- ^ "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.
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