 Location of Trashigang dzongkhag within Bhutan Trashigang, also spelled Tashigang, is Bhutan's easternmost district. Image File history File links Trashigang (old spelling Tashigang) Source: Self drawn File links The following pages link to this file: Trashigang ...
Image File history File links Trashigang (old spelling Tashigang) Source: Self drawn File links The following pages link to this file: Trashigang ...
Culture The inhabitants of Trashigang district are mainly Sharchops, which means "easterner" in Dzongkha, the national language. The Sharchops appear to mix Indian and Tibetan blood whereas the Ngalops of central and western Bhutan appear to be mainly Tibetan. Sharchop is a collective term for the indigenious tribals of Bhutan, who constitute around 20% of population. ...
Dzongkha is a Sino-Tibetan language from Bhutan. ...
The Tibetan people are a people living in Tibet and some surrounding areas. ...
The Bhutias are people of Tibetan origin, who migrated to Sikkim, India after the 15th century through Bhutan, where they are also known as Ngalop and constitute half of the countrys population. ...
Economy and education While not a major urban area, Trashigang has the densest population in Bhutan. It used to be part of an important trade route connecting Assam to Tibet, and still is a primary route for Bhutanese trade with India. Major cities include Trashigang, Radhi, and Phongmey. The district produces a lot of rice and 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. Assam (Assamese: অসম, Hindi: असम; Ôxôm) is a northeastern state of India with its capital at Dispur. ...
Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: བོད་, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西è—, Hanyu Pinyin: XÄ«zà ng or Chinese: è—区, Hanyu Pinyin: Zà ngqÅ« [the two names are used with different connotations; see Name section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ...
Species Oryza glaberrima Oryza sativa Rice refers to two species (Oryza sativa and Oryza glaberrima) of grass, native to tropical and subtropical southeastern Asia and to Africa, which together provide more than one fifth of the calories consumed by humans[1]. Rice is an annual plant, growing to 1-1. ...
Species About 25-30, including: Lavandula angustifolia Lavandula canariensis Lavandula dentata Lavandula lanata Lavandula latifolia Lavandula multifida Lavandula pinnata Lavandula stoechas Lavandula viridis The lavenders Lavandula are a genus of about 25-30 species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native from the Mediterranean region south to tropical...
Location of Thimphu dzongkhag within Bhutan Thimphu (à½à½²à½˜à¼‹à½•à½´à¼‹) is the capital of Bhutan, and also the name of the surrounding valley and dzongkhag. ...
Trashigang dzongkhag is also the site of Sherubtse College, the original college within the Royal University of Bhutan system. Sherubtse College was the first accredited college in Bhutan, founded in 1966. ...
The Royal University of Bhutan, founded on June 3, 2003, is the national university system of Bhutan. ...
Places of interest
Trashigang Dzong This dzong, or fortess, was built in 1659 by the third Druk Desi to defend against Tibetian invaders. Because of its altitude invading armies remarked that "it is not a dzong on the ground, it is in the sky". Dzong architecture is a distinctive type of fortress architecture found in the former and present Buddhist kingdoms of the Himalayas, most notably Bhutan. ...
// Events May 25 - Richard Cromwell resigns as Lord Protector of England following the restoration of the Long Parliament, beginning a second brief period of the republican government called the Commonwealth. ...
Gom Kora An ancient lhakhang or temple in the district, known for its rock garden, contains a sacred footprint said to be either that of Guru Rimpoche or that of a khandroma (angel). The Angkor Wat Hindu temple in Cambodia is the largest in the world. ...
A rock garden, also known as a rockery or an alpine garden, is a type of garden that features extensive use of rocks or stones, along with plants native to rocky or alpine environments. ...
Guru Rinpoche, the patron saint of Sikkim. ...
Geography Trashigang is divided into 16 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. ...
- Bartsham Gewog
- Bidung Gewog
- Kanglung Gewog
- Kangpara Gewog
- Khaling Gewog
- Lumang Gewog
- Merak Gewog
- Nanong Gewog
- Phongmey Gewog
- Radhi Gewog
- Sakten Gewog
- Samkhar Gewog
- Shongphu Gewog
- Thrimshing Gewog
- Uzorong Gewog
- Yangneer Gewog
- of Wamrong
See also
Bhutan is divided into 20 districts (dzongkhag, singular and plural): Bumthang Chukha (old spelling Chhukha) Dagana Gasa Haa Lhuntse (old spelling Lhuntshi) Mongar Paro Pemagatshel (old spelling Pemagatsel) Punakha Samdrup Jongkhar Samtse (old spelling Samchi) Sarpang Thimphu Trashigang (old spelling Tashigang) Trashiyangste Trongsa (old spelling Tongsa) Tsirang (old spelling Chirang...
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