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Places to see in Bhutan

12 of the 19 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Thimphu

  ཐིམ་ཕུག

  City · Thimphu District

  Thimphu is the capital and largest city of Bhutan. It is situated in the western central part of Bhutan, and the surrounding valley is one of Bhutan's dzongkhags, the Thimphu District.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Gerd Eichmann (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Gangkhar Puensum

  岗嘎本松峰 གངས་དཀར་སྤུན་གསུམ་

  Mountain · Gasa District

  Gangkhar Puensum is the highest mountain in Bhutan and the highest unclimbed mountain in the world, with an elevation of 7,570 metres (24,836 ft) and a prominence of 2,995 metres (9,826 ft). In the Dzongkha language, its name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers".

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Christopher J. Fynn (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  Paro

  སྤ་རོ།

  City · Paro District

  Paro is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical buildings scattered throughout the area. It is also home to Paro International Airport, Bhutan's sole international airport.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Christopher Fynn (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Phuntsholing

  ཕུན་ཚོགས་གླིང།

  Town · Chukha District

  Phuntsholing, also spelled as Phuentsholing, is a border town in southern Bhutan and is the administrative seat of Chukha District. The town occupies parts of both Phuentsholing Gewog and Sampheling Gewog.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Christopher J. Fynn (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  Punakha

  སྤུ་ན་ཁ་

  Town · Punakha District

  Punakha is the administrative centre of Punakha dzongkhag, one of the 20 districts of Bhutan. Punakha was the capital of Bhutan and the seat of government until 1955, when the capital was moved to Thimphu. It is about 72 km away from Thimphu, and it takes about 3 hours by car from the capital.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: The original uploader was Technopilgrim at English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Kula Kangri

  库拉岗日 I

  Mountain · Gasa District

  Kula Kangri is a mountain in the Eastern Himalayas that has an elevation of 7,538 metres (24,731 ft), making it the 45th highest mountain on Earth and one of the Ultras of the Himalayas.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Frederick Williamson (Public domain). Map

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  Jomolhari

  卓木拉日峰 ཇོ་མོ་ལྷ་རི

  Mountain · Xizang

  Jomolhari or Chomolhari (Wylie: jo mo lha ri; sometimes known as "the bride of Kangchenjunga”, is a mountain in the Himalayas, straddling the border between Yadong County of Tibet, China and the Paro district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres above the barren plains.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Ernst Krause (CC BY-SA 3.0 de). Map

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  Tashichho Dzong

  བཀྲ་ཤིས་ཆོས་རྫོང

  Fort · Thimphu District

  Tashichho Dzong is a Buddhist monastery and fortress on the northern edge of the city of Thimphu in Bhutan, on the western bank of the Wang Chu.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Christopher J. Fynn (CC BY 2.5). Map

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  Punakha Dzong

  Religious · Punakha District

  The Punakha Dzong, also known as Pungthang Dewa Chhenbi Phodrang, is the administrative centre of Punakha District in Punakha, Bhutan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jean-Marie Hullot (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Jigme Dorji National Park

  རྒྱལ་ཡོངས་སེམས་ཅན། ༼འབྲོང་གྱིམ་ཙི༽

  Park & nature · Gasa District

  Jigme Dorji National Park (JDNP), named after the late Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Andrewgrandison (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Buddha Dordenma statue

  Religious · Thimphu District

  Great Buddha Dordenma is a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue in the mountains of Bhutan celebrating the 60th anniversary of fourth king Jigme Singye Wangchuck.

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  Rinpung Dzong

  Religious · Paro District

  Rinpung Dzong, sometimes referred to as Paro Dzong, is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses the district Monastic Body as well as government administrative offices of Paro Dzongkhag.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Christopher Fynn (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map