Lhuntse Dzong
Lhuentse Dzong is a dzong and Buddhist monastery in Lhuentse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies on the eastern side of the Kuri Chhu and is perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 100 residents
- Description: tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhuntse District, Bhutan
- Also known as: “Lenlung”, “Lhuentse”, “Lhuentse Dzong”, “Lhuntshi”, “Lhuntsi Dzong”, and “Lingshi Dzong”
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Lhuentse
Photo: Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0.
Lhuentse is a town and the headquarters of the eponymous Lhuentse District in northeastern Bhutan. It is about 74 km from Mongar, 145 km from Trashigang and 452 km from the national capital Thimphu.
Lhuntse Dzong
- Categories: dzong in Tibet and locality
- Location: Lhuntse District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.66453° or 27° 39′ 52″ northLongitude
91.18831° or 91° 11′ 18″ eastPopulation
100Elevation
1,403 metres (4,603 feet)Open location code
7MVHM57Q+R8OpenStreetMap ID
node 2973748699OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1252526Wikidata ID
Q6538577
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Lhuntse Dzong” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হুন্তসে ডিজং”
- German: “Lhuentse Dzong”
- German: “Lhuentse-Dzong”
- Russian: “Лхунце-дзонг”
- Slovenian: “Grad Lhuentse”
- Slovenian: “Lhuentse dzong”
- Spanish: “Dzong Lhuntse”
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