Gasa Dzong
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.
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- …lies at an elevation of 2,850 metres (9,350 feet)
- Description: place in Bhutan
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Latitude
27.92207° or 27° 55′ 20″ north
Longitude
89.68516° or 89° 41′ 7″ east
Open location code
7MVFWMCP+R3
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Urdu—“Gasa Dzong” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gasa Dzong”
- Dzongkha: “མགར་ས་ བཀྲིས་མཐོང་སྨོན་རྫོང་།”
- German: “Gasa-Dzong”
- Japanese: “ガサ・ゾン”
- Japanese: “ガサ”
- Macedonian: “Гаса Ѕонг”
- Persian: “گاسا دزونگ”
- Romanian: “Gasa Dzong”
- Russian: “Газа (город, Бутан)”
- Russian: “Гаса (дзонг)”
- Slovenian: “Dzong Gasa”
- Slovenian: “Grad Gasa”
- Spanish: “Dzong Gasa”
- Spanish: “Gasa Dzong”
- Urdu: “گاسا ژونگ”
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