Bumthang District

Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Bum-thang rzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred sites is counted. Bumthang consists of the four mountain valleys of Ura, Chumey, Tang and Choekhor ("Bumthang"), although occasionally the entire district is referred to as Bumthang valley.

"Bumthang" directly translates as "beautiful field" – "thang" means field or flat place, and "bum" is said be an abbreviation of either "bumpa" (a vessel for holy water, thus describing the shape and nature of the valley), or simply "bum" ("girl," indicating this is the valley of beautiful girls).

"Bumthang" name came after construction of Jambay Lhakhang, which was constructed in landscape of Bumpa (Vessel)shape. So there after people name the place as "Bumthang"

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Economy

Bumthang farms yield buckwheat, dairy products, honey,apples, potato,rice,and woolen products and many other products. regarding the economy bumthjang is reach in producing wheat ande buck wheat.

Languages

The language spoken in the Bumthang district is known as Bumthangkha. It is a Tibeto-Burman language closely related to Dzongkha, the national language of Bhutan. Bumthangkha is partially comprehensible to speakers of Dzongkha, which originated in valleys to the west of Bumthang. Each of the four valleys of Bumthang has its own dialect, and the remnants of the Kheng kingdom, near and in Zhemgang District to the south, speak Khengkha. Historically, Bhumthangkha and its speakers have had close contact with speakers of Kurtöpkha to the east, Nupbikha to the west, and Khengkha to the south, to the extent that they may be considered part of a wider collection of "Bumthang languages."[1][2][3][4]

Brokkat, an endangered[5] Southern Bodish language, is spoken by about 300 people in the village of Dhur in Bumthang Valley. The language is a remnant of pastoral yakherd communities.[6][7]

Environment

Most of Bumthang is part of Bhutan's extensive protected areas network. The northern two-thirds of the district (Chhoekhor, Tang Gewogs) belong to Wangchuck Centennial Park, buffered by pockets of biological corridors. Southern Bumthang (Chhumig, Tang, Ura Gewogs) is part of another protected area, Thrumshingla National Park.[8][9]

Geography

Bumthang District is divided into four gewogs:[10]

Bumthang also contains several notable towns:

Tandindang school was started on 17th july 2010, to benefit the children going to school.

Landmarks

See also

References

  1. ^ Schicklgruber, Christian (1998). Françoise Pommaret-Imaeda. ed. Bhutan: Mountain Fortress of the Gods. Shambhala. pp. 50, 53. http://books.google.com/books?id=8Q1uAAAAMAAJ. 
  2. ^ van Driem, George (2007). "Endangered Languages of Bhutan and Sikkim: East Bodish Languages". In Moseley, Christopher. Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Routledge. p. 295. ISBN 070071197X. http://books.google.com/books?id=6LoNl7ZRO70C. 
  3. ^ van Driem, George (2007). Matthias Brenzinger. ed. Language diversity endangered. Trends in linguistics: Studies and monographs, Mouton Reader. 181. Walter de Gruyter. p. 312. ISBN 3110170507. http://books.google.com/books?id=6p6b5GQ4Q4YC. 
  4. ^ "Bumthangkha". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=kjz. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  5. ^ Moseley, Christopher (2007). Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages. Curzon language family series. Psychology Press. pp. 314, 324. ISBN 070071197X. http://books.google.com/books?id=6LoNl7ZRO70C. 
  6. ^ "Brokkat". Ethnologue Online. Dallas: SIL International. 2006. http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=bro. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  7. ^ van Driem, George L. (1993). "Language Policy in Bhutan" (PDF). London: SOAS. http://repository.forcedmigration.org/pdf/?pid=fmo:3003. Retrieved 2011-01-18. 
  8. ^ "Parks of Bhutan". Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation online. Bhutan Trust Fund. http://www.bhutantrustfund.bt/parks-of-bhutan. Retrieved 2011-03-26. 
  9. ^ "Chiwogs in Bumthang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/bumthang.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 
  10. ^ "Chiwogs in Bumthang" (PDF). Election Commission, Government of Bhutan. 2011. http://www.election-bhutan.org.bt/2011/finaldelimitation/bumthang.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-28. 

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