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
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 mountainou ...
. 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
Pema Lingpa or Padma Lingpa (, 1450–1521) was a Bhutanese saint and siddha of the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. He is considered a ''terchen'' or "preeminent tertön" (, discoverer of spiritual treasures) and is considered to be foremos ...
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
Trashiyangtse or Tashi Yangtse is a small town in Yangtse Gewog, and the district headquarters of the Trashiyangtse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies inside the Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary on the eastern tri-junction of Bhutan-India-China and ...
.
Languages
Three major languages are spoken in Trashiyangtse. In the north, including
Bumdeling inhabitants speak
Dzala. In the south,
Tshangla (Sharchopkha), the ''lingua franca'' of eastern Bhutan, is spoken in
Jamkhar,
Khamdang,
Yalang and
Ramjar Gewogs. In
Tomzhangtshen Gewog, residents speak
Chocha Ngacha and
khengkha.
Administrative divisions
Trashiyangste District is divided into eight village blocks (or ''
gewogs''):
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Bumdeling Gewog
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Jamkhar Gewog
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Khamdang Gewog
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Ramjar Gewog
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Toetsho Gewog
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Tomzhangtshen Gewog
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Trashiyangtse Gewog
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Yalang Gewog
Protected areas
Trashiyangtse District contains Kholong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1993, itself part of the larger
Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary
The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelled Bumdelling or Bomdeling), which contains the former Kulong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, covers in northeastern Bhutan at elevations between and . The sanctuary covers most of Trashiyangtse Distri ...
. Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary currently covers the northern half of Trashiyangtse (the ''gewogs'' of
Bumdeling and
Yangste), as well as substantial portions of neighboring districts.
See also
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Districts of Bhutan
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Kurtoed Province
Kurtoed Province (Dzongkha: ཀུར་སྟོད་; Wylie: ''kur-stod''; "Upper Kur") was one of the nine historical Provinces of Bhutan.
Kurtoed Province occupied lands in northeastern Bhutan. It was administered together with Kurmaed Pr ...
References
External links
*Trashiyangtse dzongkhag administration website
Districts of Bhutan
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