Tsirang District is one of the 20
dzongkhagA 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) of
BhutanBhutan , 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...
. The administrative center of the district is
DamphuDamphu is the administrative headquarters and capital of Tsirang District, Bhutan. It is located on the north-south highway running from Wangdue Phodrang to Sarpang and Gelephu on the border with India. It contains the Tsirang Dzong....
Tsirang is noted for its gentle slopes and mild climates. The dzongkhag is also noted for its rich biodiversity, however it is one of the few dzongkhags without a
protected area. One of Bhutan's longest rivers, the Punatsang Chhu or Sankosh river flows through the district. It is the main districts where the
LhotshampaLhotshampa, or Lhotsampa, means "southerners" in Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. The term refers to the heterogeneous ethnic Nepalese population of Bhutan.-History:...
reside.
Languages
The dominant language in Tsirang is
NepaliNepali or Nepalese is a language in the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family.It is the official language and de facto lingua franca of Nepal and is also spoken in Bhutan, parts of India and parts of Myanmar...
, spoken by the heterogeneous
LhotshampaLhotshampa, or Lhotsampa, means "southerners" in Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. The term refers to the heterogeneous ethnic Nepalese population of Bhutan.-History:...
. In the north, Dzongkha, the national language, is also spoken.
Geography
Tsirang is divided into twelve
gewogA 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...
s:
- Barshong Gewog
Barshong Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Dunglegang Gewog
Dunglegang Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Goseling Gewog
Gosarling Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan. Its old name was Goseling....
- Kikhorthang Gewog
Kikhorthang Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Mendrelgang Gewog
Mendrelgang Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Patale Gewog
Patshaling Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan. It was formerly called Patale....
- Phutenchhu Gewog
Phuntenchu Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Rangthangling Gewog
Rangthangling Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Semjong Gewog
Semjong Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Sergithang Gewog
Sergithang Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Tsholingkhar Gewog
Tsholingkhar Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
- Tsirangtoe Gewog
Tsirangtoe Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
The northernmost reaches of Tsirang (Pungtenchhu,
Sergithang GewogSergithang Gewog is a gewog of Tsirang District, Bhutan....
s) lie within
Jigme Singye Wangchuck National ParkJigme Singye Wangchuck National Park covers an area of in central Bhutan. The Park occupies most of Trongsa District, as well as parts of Sarpang, Tsirang, Wangdue Phodrang, and Zhemgang Districts. Jigme Singye abuts Royal Manas National Park to the southeast...
, one of the protected areas of Bhutan.