Trashigang Dzong

Trashigang Dzong is one of the largest dzong fortresses in , located in in of . The fortress was built in 1659 to defend against Tibetan invasions.
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  • Type: Fort
  • Description: Dzong fortress in Trashigang, Bhutan
  • Also known as: “Tashigang Dzong”, “Trashigang Fortress”, and “བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་།”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trashigang and Kanglung.

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is an administrative town of 4,500 people in .

Town
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is a town in eastern . is situated 6 km southwest of Trashigang Dzong.

Village
Gewog is a gewog of , . is situated 8 km northeast of Trashigang Dzong.

Trashigang Dzong

Latitude
27.33692° or 27° 20′ 13″ north
Longitude
91.55146° or 91° 33′ 5″ east
Elevation
1,037 metres (3,402 feet)
Open location code
7MVH8HP2+QH
Geo­Names ID
11101602
Wiki­data ID
Q30623063
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In Other Languages

From Cameroon Pidgin to Spanish—“Trashigang Dzong” goes by many names.
  • Cameroon Pidgin: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Czech: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Dutch: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Dzongkha: “བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་། Ι Trashigang Dzong”
  • German: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Low German: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Maori: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Russian: “Трашиганг-дзонг”
  • Samoan: “Trashigang Dzong”
  • Spanish: “Dzong Trashigang”
  • “Trashigang Dzong”

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