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Bumthang District
Basic data
Country	Bhutan
Capital	Jakar
surface	2,667.8 km²
Residents	17,820 (2017)
density	6.7 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	BT-33
	Bumthang Valley

27.7 90.7Coordinates: 27 ° 42 ' N , 90 ° 42' E

Bumthang ( བུམ་ ཐང་ རྫོང་ ཁག་ ) is a district ( Dzongkhag ) in the north of the Kingdom of Bhutan with an area of 2667.8 km² and a population of 17,820 (2017). The capital is Jakar . Bumthang includes the four mountain valleys Ura , Chumey , Tang and Choekhor (also known as Bumthang Valley ). The whole district is sometimes referred to as the Bumthang Valley.

The Tibeto-Burmese language spoken in the district is called Bumthangkha and is closely related to Dzongkha , the official language of Bhutan.

Bumthang means “beautiful field”; thang "means field or flat place, and bum is either an abbreviation of bumpa (a vessel for holy water and thus describing the natural environment), or bum (" girl ", alluding to the beautiful girls in the valley).

In Bumthang, wheat , dairy products , honey and apples are grown , among other things .

Cultural and historical sites

Mebar Tsho ( Burning Lake ) where sacred sculptures were hidden by Guru Rinpoche in the 8th century and later rediscovered by Pema Lingpa in the 15th century.
Kurje monastery
Jakar-Dzong , near the main town Jakar
Jambay Lhakhang , one of the oldest temples in Bhutan, was built in the 7th century by Songtsen Gampo , a king of Tibet .
Tamshing Lhakhang , the most important Nyingmapa temple in the country

structure

Bumthang is divided into four Gewogs :

Web links

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