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{{short description|District of Bhutan}}
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| name = Trashigang district
| native_name = བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག
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}}'''Trashigang District''' ([[Dzongkha]]: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག་; [[Wylie transliteration|Wylie]]: ''Bkra-shis-sgang rdzong-khag''; also spelled "Tashigang") is [[Bhutan]]'s easternmost [[dzongkhag]] (district).

==Culture==
The population of the district is mainly [[Sharchop people|Sharchop]], which means "easterner" in [[Dzongkha]], the national language.

==Languages==
The dominant language of Trashigang is [[Tshangla language|Tshangla (Sharchopkha)]], the ''lingua franca'' of eastern Bhutan. Two significant minority languages are spoken in the far eastern region of the district: the [[East Bodish languages|East Bodish]] [[Dakpa language]] and the Southern Bodish [[Brokpa language]]. Dakpa is spoken by descendants of [[yak]]herding communities, and may in fact be a divergent dialect of [[Brokpa language|Brokpake]], heavily influenced by [[Dzala language|Dzalakha]].<ref name=SIL1>{{cite web|url=http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=dka |title=Dakpakha |work=[[Ethnologue]] Online |publisher=[[SIL International]] |location=[[Dallas]] |year=2006 |access-date=2011-01-18}}</ref><ref name=vanDriem93>{{cite web|url=http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003 |format=PDF |last=van Driem |first=George L. |author-link=George van Driem |title=Language Policy in Bhutan |publisher=[[School of Oriental and African Studies|SOAS]] |location=[[London]] |year=1993 |access-date=2011-01-18}}</ref>

==Economy and education==
While it has no major urban area, Trashigang has the densest population in Bhutan. It used to be part of an important trade route connecting [[Assam]] to [[Tibet]], and still is a primary route for Bhutanese trade with India. Towns include [[Trashigang]] (the district capital), [[Radi, Bhutan|Radi]], [[Rangjung]], and [[Phongmey]]. The district produces [[rice]] and [[lavender]].

There are several tourist packages to Bhutan that include trips from [[Thimphu]] to Trashigang, despite the 17-hour journey from the capital over the rough and dangerous [[Lateral Road]].

Trashigang is also the site of [[Sherubtse College]], the original college within the [[Royal University of Bhutan]] system.

==Landmarks==
[[Image:Trashigang Dzong-a-2008-01-02.jpg|thumb|200px|Trashigang Dzong]]
[[Trashigang Dzong]], or fortress, was built in 1659 by the third [[Druk Desi]] Chögyal Mingyur Tenpa to defend against Tibetan invaders. Because of its altitude, invading armies remarked that "it is not a dzong on the ground, it is in the sky".

An ancient ''[[lhakhang]]'' or [[temple]] in the district, known for its [[rock garden]], contains a sacred footprint said to be either that of [[Guru Rimpoche]] or that of a ''khandroma'' (angel).

[[Rangjung]], 16 km east of the district capital, is the site of Rangjung Ösel Chöling Monastery, established by Dungse Garab Dorje Rinpoche in 1989. The temple contains particularly fine images of [[Padmasambhava]], [[Shantarakshita]] and [[Trisong Detsen|Chögyal Trisong Detsen]] (Khen-Lop-Chö sum).

==Administrative divisions==
Trashigang Districts is divided into fifteen village blocks (or ''[[gewog]]s''):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/tgang.pdf |title=Chiwogs in Trashigang |publisher=Election Commission, [[Government of Bhutan]] |year=2011 |access-date=2011-07-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002191009/http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/tgang.pdf |archive-date=2011-10-02 }}</ref>
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*[[Bartsham Gewog]]
*[[Bidung Gewog]]
*[[Kanglung Gewog]]
*[[Kangpara Gewog]]
*[[Khaling Gewog]]
*[[Lumang Gewog]]
*[[Merak Gewog]]
*[[Phongmey Gewog]]
*[[Radhi Gewog]]
*[[Sakten Gewog]]
*[[Samkhar Gewog]]
*[[Shongphu Gewog]]
*[[Thrimshing Gewog]]
*[[Uzorong Gewog]]
*[[Yangneer Gewog]]
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==Protected area==
The [[Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary]], one of [[List of protected areas of Bhutan|ten protected areas of Bhutan]], was created in part to protect the ''[[migoi]]'', a type of yeti in whose existence most Bhutanese believe.<ref name="AP">{{cite news|title=Older Bhutanese Remember Abominable Snowman|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402095,00.html?sPage=fnc/scitech/naturalscience|access-date=12 December 2010|newspaper=[[Associated Press]]|date=August 12, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806084415/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,402095,00.html?sPage=fnc%2Fscitech%2Fnaturalscience|archive-date=2009-08-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sanctuary covers the eastern third of the district (the ''gewogs'' of [[Merag Gewog|Merag]] and [[Sakten Gewog|Sakteng]]), and is connected via [[biological corridor]] to [[Khaling Wildlife Sanctuary]] in [[Samdrup Jongkhar District]] to the south.<ref name=BTF1>{{cite web |url=http://www.bhutantrustfund.bt/parks-of-bhutan |title=Parks of Bhutan |work=Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online |publisher=Bhutan Trust Fund |access-date=2011-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110702041330/http://www.bhutantrustfund.bt/parks-of-bhutan |archive-date=2011-07-02 }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Districts of Bhutan]]
*[[Kurmaed Province]]
*[[Merak, Bhutan|Merak]]
*[[Ngalangkang]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110706162638/http://www.dzongkhag.gov.bt/trashigang/index.php Trashigang Dzongkhag website]
*[http://www.pc.gov.bt/fyp/Dzongkhags/TGang.pdf Trashigang Five Year Plan]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }}
*[http://www.thebhutan.info/trashigangdzonggalery Trashigang Dzong photo gallery]
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