Trongsa
Sign in to saveTrongsa, previously Tongsa (, ), is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa lama Ngagi Wangchuck, who was the great-grandfather of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the unifier of Bhutan.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bagochen Boolingpang Ueling
- Region
- ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག་
- Country
- འབྲུག་ཡུལ།
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Trongsa
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Dzong in Trongsa2.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Trongsa
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bhutan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bhutan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Trongsa District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
Key dates
- Inception
- 1644
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Bhutan
- Located in
- Trongsa District
- Population
- +2695
- Elevation
- +2070
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Capital of
- Trongsa District
- Image
- Dzong in Trongsa2.jpg
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Article
4 sectionsContents
- Trongsa Dzong
- Climate
- See also
- References
Trongsa, previously Tongsa (, ), is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha. The first temple was built in 1543 by the Drukpa lama Ngagi Wangchuck, who was the great-grandfather of Ngawang Namgyal, Zhabdrung Rinpoche, the unifier of Bhutan.
==Trongsa Dzong==