Lhuntse Dzong
Lhuentse Dzong is a dzong and Buddhist monastery in Lhuentse District in eastern Bhutan. It lies on the eastern side of the Kuri Chhu and is perched on a spur at the end of a narrow valley.- Type: Castle
- Description: tibetan Buddhist monastery in Lhuntse District, Bhutan
- Also known as: “Lhuentse Dzong”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lhuentse.
Lhuentse
Photo: Arian Zwegers, CC BY 2.0.
Lhuentse is a town and the headquarters of the eponymous Lhuentse District in northeastern Bhutan. It is about 74 km from Mongar, 145 km from Trashigang and 452 km from the national capital Thimphu.
Lhuntse Dzong
- Categories: dzong in Tibet, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Lhuntse District, Bhutan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.66557° or 27° 39′ 56″ northLongitude
91.18662° or 91° 11′ 12″ eastOpen location code
7MVHM58P+6JOpenStreetMap ID
way 969495235OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q6538577
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Spanish—“Lhuntse Dzong” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “হুন্তসে ডিজং”
- German: “Lhuentse Dzong”
- German: “Lhuentse-Dzong”
- Russian: “Лхунце-дзонг”
- Slovenian: “Grad Lhuentse”
- Slovenian: “Lhuentse dzong”
- Spanish: “Dzong Lhuntse”
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