Tsirang District (; ; 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 pos ...

s (districts) of

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. 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

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. One of Bhutan's longest rivers, the Punatsang Chhu or

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flows through the district. It is the main district where the

Lhotshampa The Lhotshampa or Lhotsampa (; ) people are a heterogeneous Bhutanese people of Nepali descent. The Lhotshampa were estimated to comprise around 35% of the Bhutan's population by the U.S. Department of State as of 2008. The Lhotshampa are pre ...

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, but it can be partially different from those spoken in

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, spoken by the heterogeneous

Bhujel Bhujel are a Tibeto-Burman ethnic group now living in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. They are scattered in several districts, mostly in Tanahu and Syangja. The inhabitants living near the Bhuji Khola river called Bhujel. Bhujel are divided into four ...

, Magar, Tamang,

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, Limbu,

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, etc. In the north of Tsirang,

Dzongkha Dzongkha (; ) is a Tibeto-Burman languages, Tibeto-Burman 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 ...

, the national language, is also spoken.

Administrative divisions

Tsirang District is divided into twelve village blocks (or '' gewogs''): * Gairigaon/Barshong Gewog * Dunglegang Gewog * Gosarling Gewog * Kikhorthang Gewog * Lamidara/Mendrelgang Gewog * Bataney/Patshaling Gewog * Phutenchhu Gewog *

Rangthangling Gewog Rangthangling Gewog (Dzongkha: རང་ཐང་གླིང་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between Ch ...

* Semjong Gewog *

Sergithang Gewog Sergithang Gewog (Dzongkha: གསེར་གྱི་ཐང་) (old name: Patalay) is one of the twelve gewogs (village blocks or counties) of Tsirang District, Bhutan. Sergithang Gewog is located in the northwest of Tsirang District, east of t ...

Tsholingkhar Gewog Tsholingkhar Gewog (Dzongkha: མཚོ་གླིང་མཁར་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas betwe ...

Tsirangtoe Gewog Tsirangtoe Gewog (Dzongkha: རྩི་རང་སྟོད་) is a gewog (village block) of Tsirang District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between Ch ...

Geography

Tsirang 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 Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park (formerly Black Mountains National Park) covers an area of in central Bhutan. It protects a large area of the Black Mountains, a sub-range of the Himalayan Range System. The park occupies most of the Trong ...

, one of the

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Education

(As at 2018) Tsirang has two Central Schools (which operate at a level higher than 'Lower Secondary'): Tsirangtoed CS and Damphu Central School

Climate

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