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Bomdeling
Bomdeling (also spelled Bumdeling or Bumdelling) is a settlement in the north of Bhutan. It is located in Trashiyangtse District Trashiyangtse District ( dz, བཀྲ་ཤིས་གཡང་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་, bkra shis g.yang rtse rdzong khag) is one of the twenty dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It was created in 1992 when Trashiyangtse d .... References *Armington, S. (2002) ''Bhutan.'' (2nd ed.) Melbourne: Lonely Planet. Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous country, Bhutan is known as "Druk Yul," or "Land of the Thunder Dragon". Nepal and Bangladesh are located near Bhutan but do not share a land border. The country has a population of over 727,145 and territory of and ranks 133rd in terms of land area and 160th in population. Bhutan is a Constitutional Democratic Monarchy with King as head of state and Prime Minister as head of government. Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism is the state religion and the Je Khenpo is the head of state religion. The subalpine Himalayan mountains in the north rise from the country's lush subtropical plains in the south. In the Bhutanese Himalayas, there are peaks higher than above sea level. Gangkhar Puensum is Bhutan's highest peak and is the highest uncl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trashiyangtse District
Trashiyangtse District ( dz, བཀྲ་ཤིས་གཡང་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་, bkra shis g.yang rtse rdzong khag) is one of the twenty dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It was created in 1992 when Trashiyangtse district was split off from Trashigang District. Trashiyangtse covers an area of . At an elevation of 1750–1880 m, Trashi yangtse dzongkhag is rich of culture filled with sacred places blessed by Guru Rimpoche and dwelled by Yangtseps, Tshanglas, Bramis from Tawang, Khengpas from Zhemgang and Kurtoeps from Lhuentse. Trashiyangtse was named by Terton Pema Lingpa during his visit in 15th century meaning; (the fortress of the auspicious fortune). The northern part of Trashiyangtse encompasses the skills of woodturning and paper making( dzongkha: དལ་ཤོག). Southern part mainly depends on cash crops and animals. The district seat is Trashiyangtse. Languages Three major languages are spoken in Trashiyangtse. In the north, includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |