- Wangdue Phodrang District
Wangdue Phodrang (Dzongkha: _dz. དབང་འདུས་ཕོ་བྲང་རྫོང་ཁག་) (previously spelled Wangdi Phodrang) is a "
dzongkhag " (district), of centralBhutan . This is also the name of thedzong (built in 1638) which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong. The name is said to have been given by theShabdrung Ngawang Namgyal who was searching for the best location for a dzong to prevent incursions from the south. At the chosen spot the Shabdrung encountered a boy named Wangdi playing beside the river and hence named the dzong "Wangdi's Palace".Wangdue Phodrang is bordered by Dagana and Tsirang dzongkhags to the south,
Tongsa dzongkhag to the east,Thimphu andPunakha dzongkhag to the west, and Gasa dzongkhag and a small section of border withTibet to the north.There are three paved roads in Wangdue Phodrang dzongkhag. The
Lateral Road enters from the west atDochu La Pass, crosses thePana Tsang Chhu at Wangdue Phodrang dzong, and continues east to Tongsa. One spur road heads north from Wangdue Phodrang to the dzong atPunakha and slightly beyond. This road eventually becomes the trail to Gasa. A second spur departs the Lateral Road near the Pele La pass halfway between Wangdue and Tongsa, traveling south a short distance to Gangteng monastery and thePhobjika valley where the rareBlack-necked Crane s ("grus nigricollis") may be found.Wangdue Phodrang is divided into 15 "
gewog s":
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Athang.pdf Athang Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Bjena.pdf Bjena Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Daga.pdf Daga Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Dangchu.pdf Dangchu Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Gangte.pdf Gangte Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Gasetsho_gom.pdf Gasetsho Gom Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Gasetsho_Om.pdf Gasetsho Om Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Kazhi.pdf Kazhi Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Nahi.pdf Nahi Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Nyisho.pdf Nyisho Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_phangyuel.pdf Phangyuel Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Phobji.pdf Phobji Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Ruepisa.pdf Ruepisa Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Sephu.pdf Sephu Gewog]
* [http://www.dop.gov.bt/fyp/09/wd_Thedtsho.pdf Thedtsho Gewog]"See also:"
Districts of Bhutan External links
* [http://www.whobhutan.org/EN/Section2_40.htm Administrative map of Bhutan.]
* [http://www.nepaltravels.com/bhutan.htm Information about travel in Bhutan.]
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