Trongsa
Place in Trongsa District, Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trongsa, previously Tongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་, Wylie: krong gsar), is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The name means "new village" in Dzongkha.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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Coordinates: 27°31′N 90°30′E | |
Country | Bhutan |
District | Trongsa District |
Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
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