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Kuensel Newspaper - How Zhemgang derived its name (0 words) |
 | Zhemgang dzongkhag derives its name from a 12th century monastery built by Lam Zhang Dorji Dragpa, a scholar-sage of Drukpa Kagyud School according to a Bhutanese researcher. |
| According to the researcher, the monastery, which was later rebuilt as a dzong in the 17thcentury had a significant role in the evolution and shaping of the history of Khengrig Namsum. |
| In 1963 when Zhemgang was created a separate dzongkhag, the dzong was renovated under the command of His late Majesty, King Jigme Dorji Wangchuk and renamed as Dechen Yangtse or Druk Dechen Yangtse dzong. |
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| Zhemgang is considered one of the most inaccessible dzongkhags in the country with most of its gewogs still situated far from road heads. |
| Despite the huge development potential, Zhemgang until the beginning of the nineties, was considered as one of the least developed as compared to most dzongkhags in Bhutan. |
| Zhemgang has come a long way and in many aspects it is different than what it used to be a decade ago. |
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