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Trongsa Destination Guide

Touring Trongsa in Bhutan

Trongsa in the region of Tongsa with its 2,805 citizens is located in Bhutan - some 53 mi or ( 85 km ) East of Thimphu , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Trongsa

Time in Trongsa is now 02:34 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Thimphu " with a UTC offset of 6 hours. Depending on your budget, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Dhaka, Thimphu, Trashi Yangtse, Daga, and Samdrup Choling. Being here already, consider visiting Dhaka . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Trongsa ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Yangsi: Reincarnation is Just the Beginning

2:27 min by crestonefilm
Views: 5190 Rating: 5.00

Jigme Lhundrup is the "Yangsi", the reincarnation of a greatly revered Tibetan Buddhist meditation master. He must train intensively to uphold this legacy from the age of four, when fifteen thousand d ..

Bhutan, Gross National Happiness and Sustainable Development

12:32 min by PEI AsiaPacific
Views: 2481 Rating: 5.00

Bhutan, a small country enshrined in the Himalaya's leads the way in the pursuit of holistic, inclusive and truly environmentally sustainable development. This commitment emanates from the visionary s ..


Bhutan Tourism Promo: Ghale Treks

2:23 min by ghalegroup
Views: 2020 Rating: 5.00

Offers Bhutan Tourism promo video live by Ghale Treks based in Nepal. ..

BHUTAN 2011, Kingdom of the Thunder Dragon

14:17 min by Herman Permentier
Views: 806 Rating: 5.00

Photos from our BHUTAN trip in November 2011 with Bhumtang festival. Herman Permentier sculptures see: www.madcurry.be ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Geography of Bhutan

The Kingdom of Bhutan is a sovereign nation, located towards the eastern extreme of the Himalayas mountain range. It is fairly evenly sandwiched between the sovereign territory of two nations: first, the People's Republic of China on the north and northwest. There are approximately 470 kilometres of border with that nation's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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Located at 27.50 90.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Geography of Bhutan

Trongsa

Trongsa, previously Tongsa, is a town and capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa Kagyu lama, Ngagi Wangchuk, who was the great-grandfather of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the person who unified Bhutan.

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Located at 27.52 90.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 2 km away
Tags: Populated places in Bhutan, Trongsa District

Bhutan

Bhutan, officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia located at the eastern end of the Himalayas. It is bordered to the north by China and to the south, east and west by the Republic of India. Further west, it is separated from Nepal by the Indian state of Sikkim, while further south it is separated from Bangladesh by the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal. Bhutan's capital and largest city is Thimphu.

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Located at 27.42 90.43 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Tags: Bhutan, Constitutional monarchies, Landlocked countries, Least Developed Countries, Member states of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, Member states of the United Nations, South Asian countries, States and territories established in 1949

Chhume Gewog

Chhume Gewog is a gewog (village block) of Bumthang District, Bhutan.

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Located at 27.49 90.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Bumthang District, Gewogs of Bhutan

Chendebji Chorten

Chendebji Chöten, built in the style of the great Bodhanath Chöten of Nepal, was constructed by Tshering Wangchuk son of Yon-Say and the Mahasiddha Zhidag in accordance with the prophecy of the Second Gangteng Tulku Tenzin Lekpai Dhundrup in order to subdue harmful, anti religious demons. It is located 41 km west of Trongsa in Bhutan at 2430 meters in elevation.

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Located at 27.47 90.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 16 km away
Tags: Stupas in Bhutan

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Trongsa