Trashigang
Place in Trashigang District, Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about a town in eastern Bhutan that is home to 3,037 people. For other uses, see Trashigang (disambiguation).
Trashigang (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་།), or Tashigang, meaning "fortress of auspicious mount,"[1] is a town in eastern Bhutan and the district capital of the Trashigang Dzongkhag (district).
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Trashigang
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Coordinates: 27°19′57.2″N 91°33′09.9″E | |
Country | Bhutan |
District | Trashigang District |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 3,037 |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
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The town lies to the east side of the valley above the Drangme Chhu river just south of where it is joined by the Gamri River. Trashigang is the eastern terminus of the Lateral Road, Bhutan's main highway leading to Phuntsholing in the southwest.