27°40′N 91°25′E / 27.667°N 91.417°E / 27.667; 91.417

Trashiyangtse district བཀྲ་ཤིས་གཡང་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་
District
Map of Trashiyangtse District in Bhutan
Country	Bhutan
Headquarters	Yangtse
Area
• Total	1,438 km2 (555 sq mi)
Population  (2017)
• Total	17,300
• Density	12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)
HDI (2019)	0.588[1] medium · 18th of 20
Website	www.trashiyangtse.gov.bt

Trashiyangtse District (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་གཡང་རྩེ་རྫོང་ཁག་, romanized: bkra shis g.yang rtse rdzong khag) is one of the twenty dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It was created in 1992 when Trashiyangtse district was split off from Trashigang District. Trashiyangtse covers an area of 1,437.9 square kilometres (555.2 sq mi). At an elevation of 1750–1880 m, Trashi yangtse dzongkhag is rich of culture filled with sacred places blessed by Guru Rimpoche and dwelled by Yangtseps, Tshanglas, Bramis from Tawang, Khengpas from Zhemgang and Kurtoeps from Lhuentse.

Trashiyangtse was named by Terton Pema Lingpa during his visit in 15th century meaning; (the fortress of the auspicious fortune).

The northern part of Trashiyangtse encompasses the skills of woodturning and paper making(dzongkha: དལ་ཤོག). Southern part mainly depends on cash crops and animals.

The district seat is Trashiyangtse.

Languages

Three major languages are spoken in Trashiyangtse. In the north, including Bumdeling inhabitants speak Dzala. In the south, Tshangla (Sharchopkha), the lingua franca of eastern Bhutan, is spoken in Jamkhar, Khamdang, Yalang and Ramjar Gewogs. In Tomzhangtshen Gewog, residents speak Chocha Ngacha and khengkha.

Administrative divisions

Trashiyangste District is divided into eight village blocks (or gewogs):^[2]

Protected areas

Trashiyangtse District contains Kholong Chu Wildlife Sanctuary, established in 1993, itself part of the larger Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary. Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary currently covers the northern half of Trashiyangtse (the gewogs of Bumdeling and Yangste), as well as substantial portions of neighboring districts.^[3]