Gasa District
Gasa is a town near Gasa Dzong in Gasa District in northwestern Bhutan. At the 2005 census, its population was 3,116. One of the twenty Dzongkhags of Bhutan, Gasa is an important northern Dzongkhag bordering Tibet. the place was visited and blessed by Ugyen…| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: human settlement with 3,500 residents
- Description: place in Gasa District, Bhutan
- Also known as: “Gasa”, “Gasa Dzongkhag”, “Gasa, Bhutan”, and “Mgar-sa rdzong-khag”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gasa Dzong.
Gasa Dzong
Building
Photo: Cfynn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gasa Dzong or Gasa Tashi Thongmön Dzong near Gasa is the administrative center of Gasa Dzongkhag in the northwestern region of Bhutan. The Dzong was built in the 17th century by Tenzin Drukdra the second Druk Desi over the site of a meditation place established by Drubthob Terkungpa in the 13th century.
Gasa District
- Location: Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Gasa District” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gasa”
- Chechen: “Гаса”
- Dutch: “Gasa”
- Dzongkha: “མགར་ས་རྫོང་ཁག་”
- Estonian: “Gasa”
- Irish: “Gasa”
- Japanese: “ガサ”
- Persian: “گاسا، بوتان”
- Persian: “گاسا”
- Russian: “Гаса”
- Santali: “ᱜᱟᱥᱟ”
- Spanish: “Gasa”
- Swedish: “Gasa”
- Tatar: “Гаса”
- Ukrainian: “Гаса”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gasa Dzong and Jigme Dorji National Park.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gasa District”. Photo: Donvikro, CC BY-SA 3.0.