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    Trongsa, previously Tongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་, Wylie: krong gsar), is a Thromde or town, and the capital of Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The...
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    Trongsa Dzong is the largest dzong fortress in Bhutan, located in Trongsa (formerly Tongsa) in Trongsa district, in the centre of the country. Built on...
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    Prior to reunification, the Wangchuck family had governed the district of Trongsa as descendants of Dungkar Choji. They eventually overpowered other regional...
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    vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Tibetan characters. The Penlop of Trongsa (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་དཔོན་སློབ་; Wylie: Krong-gsar dpon-slob), also called...
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    October 2004, Khesar was installed as the 16th Trongsa Penlop in Trongsa Dzong. The institution of the Trongsa Penlop, started by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal...
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    27°20′N 90°25′E / 27.333°N 90.417°E / 27.333; 90.417 Trongsa District (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie transliteration: Krong-gsar rdzong-khag)...
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    democratization. Jigme Dorji Wangchuck was born in 1928 in Thruepang Palace in Trongsa. At a young age, he was apprenticed in etiquette and leadership at the...
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    the House of Wangchuck. Traditionally, Bhutan comprised nine provinces: Trongsa, Paro, Punakha, Wangdue Phodrang, Daga (also Taka, Tarka, or Taga), Bumthang...
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    expected to succeed his father; accordingly, he was given the title Penlop of Trongsa in 1923. Jigme Wangchuck ascended to the throne in 1926, after the death...
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    Thimphu Trongsa Wangdue Phodrang Trongsa Province (Dzongkha: ཀྲོང་གསར་; Wylie: krong-gsar) was one of the nine historical Provinces of Bhutan. Trongsa Province...
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    of Bhutan (1870–1873), and held the hereditary post of 10th Penlop of Trongsa. He was called the Black Ruler. Son of Dasho Pila Gonpo Wangyal and his...
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    period of strife and civil war, Ugyen assumed the position as the Penlop of Trongsa, a post his father had held. Ugyen continued to further suppress dissent...
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    leading to the ascendancy of Ugyen Wangchuck, the penlop (governor) of Trongsa. From his power base in central Bhutan, Ugyen Wangchuck defeated his political...
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  • secular head of Bhutan, and previously the first penlop (governor) of Trongsa (Trongsab). His tenure as penlop was notable for the building of a watchtower...
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  • the post of Penlop of Trongsa. In 1882, at the age of 20, he marched on Bumthang and Trongsa, winning the post of Penlop of Trongsa in addition to Paro...
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    development plan. The following year, on 16 June 1972, he was made the Trongsa Penlop bestowing on him directly the saffron scarf or namza. The 3rd Five-Year...
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    control over traffic between the powerful Paro valley to the west and Trongsa valley to the east. Zhabdrung Rinpoche consolidated control over western...
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    The five dzongs are Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong. Architecture in Tibet Architecture of Bhutan Driglam...
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    This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Bhutan for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Kurjey Lhakhang...
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  • Nabji (མནའ་སྦྱིས། in Dzongkha) is a village in Trongsa District in central Bhutan. The Nabji village sits on the south-west lap of a subsidiary mountain...
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    Taba, Kharsadrapchu, Basochu, Wangdue, Punakha, Lingshi DAMA, Gasa 3 - Trongsa, Jakar, Chumey, Zhemgang DAMA, Zhemgang, Tingtibi 4 - Trashigang, Kanglung...
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    administrative centres for areas around them. The dzongs of Paro, Dagana and Trongsa were headed by penlops (provincial lords/governors) while other dzongs...
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    Bumthang Daga Kurmaed Kurtoed Paro Punakha Thimphu Trongsa Wangdue Phodrang The Provinces of Bhutan were historical regions of Bhutan headed by penlops...
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    needed] It begins from Lunana to higher up in Gangkar Puensum, and ends in Trongsa and from there to Bumthang District, taking through the rough paths of...
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    the control of the Wangchuck dynasty, hereditary penlops (governors) of Trongsa district. The King of Bhutan, formally known as the Druk Gyalpo ("Dragon...
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    Bhutanese thangka of Mount Meru and the Buddhist universe, 19th century, Trongsa Dzong, Trongsa, Bhutan....
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    spoken by about 1,000 people in the Black Mountains of Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in western Bhutan. The term ʼOle refers to a clan of speakers...
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    son, SH Jigje Singye, with popular Bhutanese comedians, at Tangsibji, Trongsa. | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-03-15. Facebook Dorji, Yab...
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    Pema Dechen. Her ancestor is also the 48th Druk Desi and 10th Penlop of Trongsa Jigme Namgyal (father of King Ugyen Wangchuck and of her great-great-grandmother...
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    auspicious signs), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck Punakha Dzong Nu.50 155 × 70 mm Pink Trongsa Dzong, two mythical birds Bja Tshering (bird of long life) Nu.100 161 ×...
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