Trashigang Dzong
Trashigang Dzong is one of the largest dzong fortresses in Bhutan, located in Trashigang in Trashigang District of Bhutan. The fortress was built in 1659 to defend against Tibetan invasions.
- Fort
- …lies at an elevation of around 1,040 metres (3,400 feet)
- Description: Dzong fortress in Trashigang, Bhutan
- Also known as“Tashigang Dzong”“Trashigang Fortress”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trashigang and Kanglung.
Trashigang
Trashigang is an administrative town of 4,500 people in Eastern Bhutan.
Bartsham
Village
Bartsham Gewog is a gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan.
8 km northeast of Trashigang Dzong
Trashigang Dzong
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Latitude
27.33692° or 27° 20′ 13″ north
Longitude
91.55146° or 91° 33′ 5″ east
Open location code
7MVH8HP2+QH
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In Other Languages
From Cameroon Pidgin to Spanish—“Trashigang Dzong” goes by many names.
Trashigang DzongCameroon Pidgin
Trashigang DzongCzech
Trashigang DzongDutch
བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་། Ι Trashigang DzongDzongkha
Trashigang DzongLow German
Trashigang DzongMaori
Трашиганг-дзонгRussian
Trashigang DzongSamoan
བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་།
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