Trashiyangtse District () is one of the twenty

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) comprising

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 , ...

. It was created in 1992 when Trashiyangtse district was split off from

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 ...

. Trashiyangtse covers an area of . At an elevation of 1750–1880 m, Trashi yangtse dzongkhag is rich of culture filled with sacred places blessed by Guru Rimpoche and dwelled by Yangtseps, Tshanglas, Bramis from Tawang, Khengpas from Zhemgang and Kurtoeps from Lhuentse. Trashiyangtse was named by Terton Pema Lingpa during his visit in 15th century meaning; (the fortress of the auspicious fortune). The northern part of Trashiyangtse encompasses the skills of woodturning and paper making (

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 ...

: དལ་ཤོག). Southern part mainly depends on cash crops and animals. The district seat is Trashiyangtse.

Languages

Three major languages are spoken in Trashiyangtse. In the north, including Bumdeling inhabitants speak Dzala. In the south, Tshangla (Sharchopkha), the ''lingua franca'' of eastern Bhutan, is spoken in Jamkhar, Khamdang, Yalang and

Ramjar Gewog Ramjar Gewog (Dzongkha: རམ་སྦྱར་) is a gewog (village block) of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to the ...

s. In Tomzhangtshen Gewog, residents speak Chocha Ngacha and khengkha.

Historical Sites

Omba Ney
the “Taktsang of East” is the first of three sacred sites of Guru Rinpoche where the letter “OM” is seen on the rock face. * Thrue Goen Pema Woedling Dratshang
Gomphu Kora
is a meditative cave where Guru Rinpoche meditated and subdued a demon called Myongkhapa. * Choeten Kora
Gongza Ney
is a sacred place where Khandro Yeshey Tshogyal offered tea to Guru Rinpoche at noontime while he went to Gom kora to subdue a demon. * Dechen Phodrang Ney * Rigsum Goenpa

Administrative divisions

Trashiyangste District is divided into eight village blocks (or '' gewogs''): * Bumdeling Gewog * Jamkhar Gewog * Khamdang Gewog *

Toetsho Gewog Toetsho Gewog (Dzongkha: སྟོད་མཚོ་) is a gewog (village block) of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to ...

* Tomzhangtshen Gewog * Yalang Gewog *

Yangtse Gewog Yangtse Gewog (Dzongkha: གཡང་རྩེ་) is a gewog (village block) of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked country in South Asia, in the Eastern Himalayas between China to th ...

Protected areas

Trashiyangtse District contains Kholong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1993, itself part of the larger

Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary (also spelled Bumdelling or Bomdeling), which contains the former Kulong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, covers in northeastern Bhutan at elevations between and . The sanctuary covers most of Trashiyangtse Distri ...

. Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary currently covers the northern half of Trashiyangtse (the ''gewogs'' of Bumdeling and Yangtse), as well as substantial portions of neighboring districts.

Climate

References

External links

* *Trashiyangtse dzongkhag administration website Districts of Bhutan {{Bhutan-geo-stub