Merag Gewog
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Merag Gewog () 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 Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country i ...
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Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the north and northwest and India to the south and southeast. With a population of over 727,145 and a territory of , ...
. Merak and Sakten Gewogs comprise Sakten
Dungkhag A dungkhag (་ ''drungkhak'') is a sub-district of a dzongkhag (district) of Bhutan. The head of a dungkhag is a ''Dungpa''. As of 2007, nine of the twenty dzongkhags had from one to three dungkhags, with sixteen dungkhags in total. History Und ...
(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