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.
- Type: Buddhist temple
- Description: Dzong fortress in Trashigang, Bhutan
- Also known as: “བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་།”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trashigang and Kanglung.
Kanglung
Town
Bartsham
Village
Bartsham Gewog is a gewog of Trashigang District, Bhutan. Bartsham is situated 8 km northeast of Trashigang Dzong.
Trashigang Dzong
- Categories: dzong in Tibet, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Trashigang District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.33634° or 27° 20′ 11″ north
Longitude
91.55135° or 91° 33′ 5″ east
Open location code
7MVH8HP2+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
Wikidata ID
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Royal Bhutan Police and Bhutan Post Office.
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