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and its neighbors, is culturally part of eastern Bhutan. While
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Tigers in red weather: a quest for the last wild tigers
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1100:. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. pp. 139–40.
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1367:"Penalty Paid ... From One Pocket to Another"
963:. Lonely Planet Country Guides (3 ed.).
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1492:Dorji, Gyaltsen K (9 February 2011).
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1282:"Quality Outweighs Deadline"
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713:Lateral Road
710:
585:mm (inches)
382:
373:Jakar has a
372:
344:
323:
319:
315:Dorje Lingpa
305:
241:
240:
26:
1627:23 February
1570:8 September
1539:8 September
1415:8 September
1381:8 September
1350:8 September
1319:8 September
1296:8 September
1265:8 September
1235:8 September
771:Jakar Dzong
765:Jakar Dzong
759:Jakar Dzong
754:Main sights
281:Jakar Dzong
127: /
64:Jakar Dzong
1692:Categories
1658:16 January
1601:16 January
1107:0802715443
1073:8186239014
1008:0878083618
884:References
732:legislated
198:Population
1204:24 August
1113:21 August
1079:12 August
1014:20 August
740:Tashi Air
707:Transport
336:Geography
270:dzongkhag
255:romanized
217:UTC+06:00
212:Time zone
190:Elevation
176:Chhoekhor
159:Dzongkhag
115:90°44′0″E
112:27°33′0″N
1508:9 August
1182:26 March
980:9 August
901:Archived
872:See also
811:Bumthang
807:Dzongkha
726:'s 10th
650:(29.45)
581:Average
341:Location
246:Dzongkha
185:ca. 1549
164:Bumthang
1648:Kuensel
1591:Kuensel
1560:Kuensel
1529:Kuensel
1498:Kuensel
1477:25 July
1467:Kuensel
1446:25 July
1436:Kuensel
1405:Kuensel
1371:Kuensel
1340:Kuensel
1286:Kuensel
1225:Kuensel
1152:28 July
935:30 July
833:Gallery
825:Schools
815:Brokkat
797:Culture
781:Tourism
736:Drukair
645:(0.11)
640:(0.26)
635:(2.17)
630:(3.43)
625:(5.44)
620:(6.01)
615:(3.78)
610:(3.70)
605:(2.56)
600:(1.37)
595:(0.40)
590:(0.22)
576:(42.9)
571:(26.8)
566:(34.2)
561:(44.6)
556:(54.5)
551:(57.6)
546:(57.9)
541:(55.4)
536:(49.1)
531:(43.2)
526:(36.0)
521:(30.2)
516:(25.0)
506:(64.0)
501:(55.2)
496:(60.1)
491:(65.8)
486:(70.9)
481:(72.9)
476:(72.9)
471:(71.6)
466:(67.5)
461:(63.5)
456:(59.7)
451:(55.4)
446:(52.5)
369:Climate
355:thromde
349:within
292:History
273:thromde
261:Bya-kar
257::
229:Climate
182:Settled
140:Country
50:Thromde
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960:Bhutan
819:yethra
694:117.4
397:Month
379:Köppen
312:Tertön
266:Bhutan
250:བྱ་ཀར་
152:Bhutan
149:
42:Byakar
39:བྱ་ཀར་
1682:Jakar
1146:(PDF)
1135:(PDF)
775:dzong
682:14.5
679:19.6
676:21.7
673:16.2
670:15.7
667:12.3
648:748.2
623:138.3
618:152.6
436:Year
285:dzong
275:) of
242:Jakar
206:6,243
171:Gewog
90:Jakar
36:Jakar
1660:2012
1629:2012
1603:2012
1572:2011
1541:2011
1510:2011
1479:2011
1448:2011
1417:2011
1383:2011
1352:2011
1321:2011
1298:2011
1267:2011
1237:2011
1206:2023
1184:2011
1154:2011
1115:2011
1102:ISBN
1081:2011
1068:ISBN
1016:2011
1003:ISBN
982:2011
969:ISBN
937:2011
813:and
748:Paro
738:and
691:0.4
688:0.9
685:6.6
664:6.5
661:2.2
658:0.8
633:55.2
628:87.0
613:95.9
608:94.0
603:64.9
598:34.8
593:10.2
569:−2.9
554:12.5
549:14.2
544:14.4
539:13.0
519:−1.0
514:−3.9
504:17.8
499:12.9
494:15.6
489:18.8
484:21.6
479:22.7
474:22.7
469:22.0
464:19.7
459:17.5
454:15.4
449:13.0
444:11.4
433:Dec
430:Nov
427:Oct
424:Sep
421:Aug
418:Jul
415:Jun
412:May
409:Apr
406:Mar
403:Feb
400:Jan
361:, a
300:and
643:2.9
638:6.7
588:5.7
574:6.0
564:1.2
559:7.0
534:9.5
529:6.2
524:2.2
385:).
383:Cwb
234:Cwb
221:BTT
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