Sakteng
Sakteng is a town and the headquarters of an eponymous gewog in Trashigang District in far eastern Bhutan. The nearby Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is named after it.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: place in Trashigang District, Bhutan
- Also known as: “Sakden” and “Sakdon”
Sakteng
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Trashigang District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.40377° or 27° 24′ 14″ northLongitude
91.9237° or 91° 55′ 25″ eastElevation
3,083 metres (10,115 feet)Open location code
7MVHCW3F+GFOpenStreetMap ID
node 4595341680OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Chechen to Tatar—“Sakteng” goes by many names.
- Chechen: “Сактенг”
- Chinese: “萨丁”
- Dutch: “Sakteng”
- Hebrew: “סאקטנג”
- Irish: “Sakteng”
- Persian: “ساکتنگ”
- Tatar: “Сактенг”
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