Trongsa

Trongsa, previously Tongsa, is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa lama, Ngagi Wangchuk, who was the great-grandfather of Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyel, the founder of Bhutan.

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Trongsa Dzong, built in 1644, is the seat of power of the Wangchuck dynasty, rulers of Bhutan since 1907. Traditionally the King of Bhutan first becomes the Penlop (governor) of Trongsa before being named Crown Prince and eventually King. Built on a mountain spur high above the gorges of the Mangde Chhu, the dzong controlled east-west trade for centuries. The only road connecting eastern and western Bhutan (the precursor to the modern Lateral Road), passed through the courtyard of the dzong. At the command of the penlop the massive doors could be shut, dividing the country in two.

Dzongkhag: A dzongkhag () is the name for a district of Bhutan in the Dzongkha language. 20 dzongkhags of Bhutan are further divided into 205 gewogs. Some of the bigger dzongkhags have one or more of an intermediate division known as the dungkhag (sub-district) along with its gewogs, which is again further div...

Bhutan: The Kingdom of Bhutan ( ) is a landlocked nation in the Himalaya Mountains, sandwiched between India and the People's Republic of China in South Asia. The local name for the country is Druk Yul. It is also called Druk Tsendhen (land of the thunder dragon), because the thunder there is said to be the...

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