Trashiyangste
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Wylie transliteration
The Wylie transliteration scheme is a method for transliterating Tibetan script using only the letters available on a typical English language typewriter. It bears the name of Turrell V. Wylie, who described the scheme in an article, A Standard System of Tibetan Transcription, published in 1959...
: Bkra-shis Gyang-tse rdzong-khag) is one of the twenty dzongkhag
Dzongkhag
A dzongkhag is an administrative and judicial district of Bhutan. The twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan are further divided into 205 gewogs. Some larger dzongkhags have one or more of an intermediate judicial division, known as dungkhags , which themselves comprise two or more gewogs...
s (districts) comprising Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. It was created in 1992 when the Trashiyangtse district was split off from Trashigang District. Trashiyangtse covers an area of 1437.9 square kilometres (555.2 sq mi). The district seat is Trashiyangtse.
Languages
Three major languages are spoken in Trashiyangtse. In the north, including BumdelingBumdeling Gewog
Bumdeling Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
and Toetsho Gewog
Toetsho Gewog
Toetsho Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
s, inhabitants speak Dzala
Dzala language
The Dzala language, also called Dzalakha or Dzalamat, is a member of the Tibeto-Burman language family spoken in eastern Bhutan, in Lhuntse and Trashiyangtse Districts.- External links :**...
. In the south, Tshangla (Sharchopkha), the lingua franca of eastern Bhutan, is spoken in Jamkhar
Jamkhar Gewog
Jamkhar Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
, Khamdang
Khamdang Gewog
Khamdang Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
, and Ramjar Gewogs. In Tomzhangtshen Gewog
Tomzhangtshen Gewog
Tomzhangsa Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan. It was formerly known as Tomzhangtshen....
, residents speak Chocangacakha
Chocangacakha
Chocangacakha is a Southern Tibetan language spoken by about 20,000 people in the Kurichu Valley of Lhuntse and Mongar Districts in eastern Bhutan...
.
Protected areas
Trashiyangtse contains Kulong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1993, itself part of the larger Bumdeling Wildlife SanctuaryBumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary
The Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary , which also contains the former Kulong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, covers in north-eastern Bhutan at elevations between and . The Sanctuary covers most of Trashiyangtse District, including Bumdeling Gewog. The Sanctuary was planned in 1995 and established in 1998...
. Bumdeling Sanctuary currently covers the northern half of Trashiyangtse (Bumdeling
Bumdeling Gewog
Bumdeling Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
, Yangtse Gewogs), as well as substantial portions of neighboring districts.
Geography
Trashiyangste is divided into eight gewogGewog
A gewog, or geog refers to a group of villages in Bhutan. Gewogs form a geographic administrative unit below dzongkhag districts , and above thromde municipalities. Bhutan comprises 205 gewogs, which average 230 km² in area...
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- Bumdeling GewogBumdeling GewogBumdeling Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
- Jamkhar GewogJamkhar GewogJamkhar Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
- Khamdang GewogKhamdang GewogKhamdang Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
- Ramjar Gewog
- Toetsho GewogToetsho GewogToetsho Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....
- Tomzhangtshen GewogTomzhangtshen GewogTomzhangsa Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan. It was formerly known as Tomzhangtshen....
- Trashiyangtse GewogTrashiyangtse GewogYangtse Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan. It was formerly known as Trashiyangtse....
- Yalang GewogYalang GewogYalang Gewog is a gewog of Trashiyangtse District, Bhutan....