Merag Gewog ( dz, མེ་རག་, me rag, size=150%) is a gewog (village block) of

Trashigang District Trashigang District ( Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bkra-shis-sgang rdzong-khag''; also spelled "Tashigang") is Bhutan's easternmost dzongkhag (district). Culture The population of the district ...

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 ...

. Merak and

Sakten Gewog Sagteng Gewog ( dz, སག་སྟེང་, sag steng, size=150%), also called Sakteng is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan. Sakten and Merak Gewogs comprise Sakten Dungkhag (sub-district). Much of the gewog lies within t ...

s comprise Sakten Dungkhag (sub-district).

Economy

Yak and sheep farming have traditionally been the main occupations in Merag, though sheep farming is on the decline due to it being more arduous and there being a distinct lack of grazeable pasture. Yak milk and butter are produced, along with yak hair for weaving clothes.

References

Gewogs of Bhutan Trashigang District {{coord missing, Bhutan