Wangchukling
Wangchukling is a town in Bumthang District in central Bhutan. Wangchukling has an elevation of 2,772 metres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jakar Dzong and Bathpalathang Airport.
Jakar Dzong
Buddhist temple
Jakar Dzong or Jakar Yugyal Dzong is the dzong or fortress of the Bumthang District in central Bhutan. It is located on a ridge above Jakar town in the Chamkhar valley of Bumthang.
Bathpalathang Airport
Aerodrome
Bathpalathang Airport is a domestic Bhutanese airport in Jakar, Bumthang District. One of only four airports in the country, it opened on 17 December 2011 with flights to Paro.
Jampa Lhakhang
Buddhist temple
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jampa Temple or Temple of Maitreya is located in Bumthang in Bhutan, and is said to be one of the 108 temples built by Tibetan King Songtsen Gampo in 659 CE on a single day, to pin down an ogress to earth forever. Jampa Lhakhang is situated 3 km north of Wangchukling.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jakar and Zugne.
Jakar
Located in central Bhutan, Jakar is renowned as a center of Vajrayana Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma tradition, and is home to numerous monasteries and sacred sites.
Zugne
Village
Zugne is a village in Bumthang District in central Bhutan, located south of Jakar and east of Gyetsa on the Chume River in the Chume Valley. The village is noted for its weavers with scarves tied to their heads in the Bumthang style. Zugne is situated 5 km south of Wangchukling.
Wangchukling
- Type: Locality
- Description: place in Bumthang District, Bhutan
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Tatar—“Wangchukling” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Вангчуклинг”
- Dutch: “Wangchukling”
- Irish: “Wangchukling”
- Persian: “وانچوکلینگ”
- Tatar: “Вангчуклинг”
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