Trashigang District

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Trashigang District is an administrative district in eastern Bhutan known for its predominantly Sharchop population, rugged terrain, and important role as a cultural and trading hub.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Trashigang District canonical 9
Mongar District 2
Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district ⓘ
dzongkhag ⓘ
administrativeCentre Trashigang town ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang
borders Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh ⓘ
linked to: Arunachal Pradesh

Mongar District ⓘ
Pemagatshel District ⓘ
Samdrup Jongkhar District ⓘ
Trashiyangtse District ⓘ
capital Trashigang ⓘ
contains Bartsham Gewog ⓘ
Kanglung Gewog ⓘ
Khaling Gewog ⓘ
Lumang Gewog ⓘ
Merak Gewog ⓘ
Phongmey Gewog ⓘ
Radi Gewog ⓘ
Sakteng Gewog ⓘ
Samkhar Gewog ⓘ
linked to: Radi Gewog

Shongphu Gewog ⓘ
Trashigang Dzong ⓘ
Trashigang town ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District

Udzorong Gewog ⓘ
Yangnyer Gewog ⓘ
country Bhutan ⓘ
economyIncludes livestock rearing ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
ethnicMajority Sharchop people ⓘ
governedBy Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
hasBorderType domestic border with other Bhutanese districts ⓘ
international border with India ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Sherubtse College ⓘ
hasFestival Trashigang Tshechu ⓘ
hasMonastery Trashigang Dzong ⓘ
hasPopulationGroup predominantly rural population ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary ⓘ
hasRoadConnection Trashigang–Mongar highway ⓘ
knownFor cultural hub in eastern Bhutan ⓘ
trading hub in eastern Bhutan ⓘ
languageMajority Sharchopkha ⓘ
locatedIn eastern Bhutan ⓘ
partOf eastern region of Bhutan ⓘ
religionMajority Vajrayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Vajrayana
subdivisionOf Kingdom of Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Bhutan
terrain rugged ⓘ
timeZone Bhutan Time ⓘ
utcOffset +06:00 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sharchop → region → Trashigang District ⓘ
Sharchop → region → Mongar District ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
Drangme Chhu → locatedIn → eastern Bhutan ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
Drangme Chhu → flowsThrough → Trashigang District ⓘ
Drangme Chhu → flowsThrough → Mongar District ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
Indo-Bhutan border → borderingBhutaneseDistricts → Trashigang District ⓘ
Sharchopkha → spokenInDistrict → Trashigang District ⓘ
Trashigang District → contains → Trashigang town ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
Trashigang District → governedBy → Trashigang Dzongkhag Administration ⓘ
linked to: Trashigang District
Pemagatshel District → hasBorderWith → Trashigang District ⓘ
Trashi Yangtse District → borders → Trashigang District ⓘ
Trashi Yangtse District → previouslyPartOf → Trashigang District ⓘ
Drangme River → flowsThrough → Trashigang District ⓘ