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Trashigang is the largest district in Bhutan and serves as the administrative seat for the
Dzongkhag and a home for the monk body. It has three sub-districts and fifteen gewogs, which include Bartsham, Bidung, Kanglung, Kangpara, Khaling, Lumang, Merak, Phongmey, Radhi, Sakteng, Samkhar, Shongphu,
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Minjur Tenpa and served for centuries as an administrative headquarters and monastery, though government offices mostly relocated by 2011. Its sinking eastern foundation and crumbling upper walls necessitated either relocation or total destruction and reconstruction. In
October 2011,
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was the first accredited college in Bhutan, founded in 1966 by a group of
Jesuits under the leadership of William Mackey. As of 2003, it became part of the newly created Royal University of Bhutan system that comprises all public post-secondary schools in Bhutan.
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which is around an hour drive from the town. It is connected by
Simtokha Trashigang Primary National highway to capital city. Thimphu and Trashigang Samdrup Jongkhar Highway to Samdrup Jongkhar, border town in south eastern Bhutan.
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The population of
Trashigang town was 3,037 (1,565 males and 1,472 females) according to the 2017 Population and Housing Census of Bhutan.
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river just south of where it is joined by the Gamri River. Trashigang is the eastern terminus of the
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