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List Of Cities, Towns And Villages In Bhutan
This is an alphabetical list of settlements in Bhutan.Note that this list is based mainly on information of the Election Commission, which not necessarily follows the general RGOB usage. See p.8 of "Change of Names of Post Offices in Bhutan 1962 - present" by Leo van der Velden in Postal Himal, No. 163, 3rd Quarter 2015 * ''For a list of the main cities and towns see List of cities in Bhutan.'' * ''For a list of government-designated municipalities, see Thromde.'' * ''For a list of villages, see List of villages in Bhutan.'' List of settlements in Bhutan * Ama * Bachap * Balfai *Bali * Barshong * Beteni * Bhangbarai * Bhurgaon * Bitana * Bjoka * Bondey * Bumtang Tang * Buri Chu * Byakar Dzong * Byaradingka * Chalaika * Chamarchi * Changra * Chendebji * Chhukha Dzong * Chilo * Chungkar * Chuyul * Daga *Dam * Damphu * Daphu * Denchukha * Dhaje *Dhur * Diptsang * Dogsar * Domka * Donkar * Doring * Doronagaon * Dotanang *Dramitse * Duna Dzong * Dzongsa Dzong * Galechugaon * Gasila ... [...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] |
Byakar Dzong
Jakar Dzong or Jakar Yugyal Dzong is the ''dzong'' or fortress of the Bumthang District in central Bhutan. It is located on a ridge above Jakar Jakar ( Dzongkha: བྱ་ཀར་; Wylie: ''Bya-kar'') is a town in the central-eastern region of Bhutan. It is the district capital ( dzongkhag thromde) of Bumthang District and the location of Jakar Dzong, the regional dzong fortress. The ... town in the Chamkhar valley of Bumthang. It is built on the site of an earlier temple established by the Ralung hierarch Yongzin Ngagi Wangchuk (1517–1554) when he came to Bhutan. Jakar Dzong may be the largest dzong in Bhutan, with a circumference of more than . The name Jakar is derived from the word ''bjakhab'', meaning "white bird", in reference to Jakar's foundation myth, according to which a roosting white bird signaled the proper and auspicious location to found a monastery around 1549. References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Dzongs in Bhutan 1549 establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphu
Daphu is a town in Chukha District in southwestern 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 .... At the 2005 census, its population was 1,666. References External links Satellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damphu, Tsirang
Damphu is the administrative headquarters and capital of Tsirang District, Bhutan. It is located on the north–south highway running from Wangdue Phodrang to Sarpang and Gelephu on the border with India. It contains the Tsirang Dzong. At the 2005 census, its population was 1,666. References Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dam, Bhutan
Dam, Bhutan is a town in Dagana District in southwestern 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 .... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daga, Bhutan
Daga , also officially referred to as Dagana, is a town in Goshi Gewog, Dagana District in southwestern Bhutan. It is the administrative capital, Dzongkhag Thromde A thromde ( Dzongkha: ཁྲོམ་སྡེ་; Wylie: ''khrom-sde'') is a second-level administrative division in Bhutan. The legal administrative status of thromdes was most recently codified under the Local Government Act of 2009, and the ..., of the district. In 2005, Daga had a population of 1,146. References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan Dagana District {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuyul
Chuyul is a town in Paro District in western 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 .... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilo, Bhutan
Chilo is a town in Wangdue Phodrang District in central 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 .... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chhukha Dzong
Changchukha Dzong is a village in southern Bhutan. It is located in Trongsa District. Nearby towns and villages include Beteni (8.6 nautical miles), Bhangbarai (8.4 nm), Namtir (12.3 nm), Lamti (16.7 nm), Shemgang (17.1 nm), Bitana (5.7 nm), Maogaon (6.6 nm) and Gongchuandgaon (7.5 nm). See also *List of cities, towns and villages in Bhutan This is an alphabetical list of settlements in Bhutan.Note that this list is based mainly on information of the Election Commission, which not necessarily follows the general RGOB usage. See p.8 of "Change of Names of Post Offices in Bhutan 1962 - ... External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chendebji
Chendebji (ཅན་དན་སྦྱིས། in Dzongkha) is a village in Trongsa District in central 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 .... References External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
