Sakteng () is a

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and the headquarters of an eponymous gewog in

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 ...

in far eastern

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 , ...

. The nearby Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is named after it.

In popular culture

Sakteng was featured in an

Imogen Heap Imogen Jennifer Jane Heap ( ; born 9 December 1977) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. She is considered a pioneer in pop music, particularly electropop, and in music technology. While attending the ...

song and video ''Climb to Sakteng'' officially published in 2014 as part of the album Sparks. It documents the families of the village carrying power poles up the mountain as part of the successful 2012 effort to electrify their village.

References

*Armington, S. (2002) ''Bhutan.'' (2nd ed.) Melbourne: Lonely Planet.

External links

Satellite map at Maplandia.comMusic video of Climb to Sakteng
Populated places in Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub