Tsirang District (
Dzongkha
Dzongkha (; ) is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script.
The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language". , Dzongkha had 171,080 ...
: རྩི་རང་རྫོང་ཁག་;
Wylie: ''Rtsi-rang rdzong-khag''; previously (Chirang), is one of the 20
dzongkhag
The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts ( Dzongkha: ). Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas in South Asia.
are the primary subdivisions of Bhutan. They po ...
s (districts) of
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 ...
. The administrative center of the district is
Damphu.
Tsirang is noted for its gentle slopes and mild climates. The dzongkhag is also noted for its rich biodiversity; however, it is one of the few dzongkhags without a
protected area
Protected areas or conservation areas are locations which receive protection because of their recognized natural, ecological or cultural values. There are several kinds of protected areas, which vary by level of protection depending on the ena ...
. One of Bhutan's longest rivers, the Punatsang Chhu or
Sankosh river flows through the district. It is the main district where the
Lhotshampa resides. It has many beautiful places such as Rigsum Pemai Dumra,
Pemachoeling Heritage Forest, Tsirang
Namgyel Chholing Dratshang, and Nye.
Languages
The dominant language in Tsirang is
Nepali
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* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
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, but it can be partially different from those spoken in
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is ma ...
, spoken by the heterogeneous
Lhotshampa like
Magar,
Tamang,
Gurung, Limbu, etc. In the north of Tsirang,
Dzongkha
Dzongkha (; ) is a Sino-Tibetan language that is the official and national language of Bhutan. It is written using the Tibetan script.
The word means "the language of the fortress", from ' "fortress" and ' "language". , Dzongkha had 171,080 ...
, the national language, is also spoken.
Administrative divisions
Tsirang District is divided into twelve village blocks (or ''
gewogs''):
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Barshong Gewog
Barshong Gewog (Dzongkha: བར་གཤོང་) is a gewog (a village block or county) of Tsirang District, Bhutan.
Barshong Gewog is located in the western part of Tsirang District and has an area of 21.2 km2. The altitude ranges from 700 ...
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Dunglegang Gewog
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Gosarling Gewog
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Kikhorthang Gewog
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Mendrelgang Gewog
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Patshaling Gewog
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Phutenchhu Gewog
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Rangthangling Gewog
Rangthangling Gewog (Dzongkha: རང་ཐང་གླིང་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked coun ...
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Semjong Gewog
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Sergithang Gewog
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Tsholingkhar Gewog
Tsholingkhar Gewog (Dzongkha: མཚོ་གླིང་མཁར་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked c ...
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Tsirangtoe Gewog
Tsirangtoe Gewog (Dzongkha: རྩི་རང་སྟོད་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan
Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked countr ...
Geography
Trisang covers a total area of 639 sq km.
The northernmost reaches of Tsirang District (the ''gewogs'' of
Phutenchhu and
Sergithang) lie within
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, one of the
protected areas of Bhutan.
See also
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Districts of Bhutan
The Kingdom of Bhutan is divided into 20 districts ( Dzongkha: ). Bhutan is located between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India on the eastern slopes of the Himalayas in South Asia.
are the primary subdivisions of Bhutan. They po ...
References
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Districts of Bhutan