Trongsa

Trongsa
Trongsa
Trongsa
Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°31′N 90°30′E / 27.517°N 90.500°E / 27.517; 90.500
Country Bhutan
DistrictTrongsa District
Time zoneUTC+6 (BTT)

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. 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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