Bumthang Valley is the main inhabited valley in the
Bumthang district
Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: ''Bum-thang rzong-khag'') is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred s ...
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 mountai ...
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History
Bumthang is one of the most beautiful and sacred valleys in Bhutan.
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The main town in the valley is Jakar. Bhutan's only brewery, brewing Red Panda wheat beer
Wheat beer is a top-fermented beer which is brewed with a large proportion of wheat relative to the amount of malted barley. The two main varieties are German ''Weizenbier'' and Belgian ''witbier''; other types include Lambic (made with wild ...
, is in Jakar.
Bumthang is divided into four '' gewogs'', namely Chhoekhor, Tang, Chhume and Ura.
The valley is broad with various habitats including coniferous woodland.
The language spoken in Bumthang is known as Bumthangkha, a Tibeto-Burman language. Each of the four valleys of Bumthang has its own dialect.
References
Valleys of Bhutan
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