Lhuntse | |
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| Lhuentse | |
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  Lhuntse Location in Bhutan | |
| Coordinates:27°39′N91°9′E / 27.650°N 91.150°E /27.650; 91.150 | |
| Country |  Bhutan |
| District | Lhuentse District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
| Climate | Cwb |
| Website | Official website |
Lhuentse is atown and the headquarters of theeponymousLhuentse District in northeasternBhutan. It is about 74 km fromMongar, 145 km fromTrashigang and 452 km from the national capitalThimphu. Nearest airport isYongphulla Airport 130 km away.
Lhuentse consists of eight Gewogs, namely Gangzur, Jaray, Kurtoed, Khoma, Maenbi, Maedtsho, Minjey, and Tshenkhar.[1]
Famous people includeSonam Tobgay, a cricketer
In 1551, Ngagi Wangchuk, the youngest son of Ngawang Chogyal, visited Bhutan, accompanied by his family from Druk Ralung in Tibet. His visit of a number of holy sites in different regions of the country eventually took him to kurtoe. At the present-day site of Lhentse Dzong he meditated and built a small temple which came to be known as Kurtoe Lhentse Phodrang.
There the local deity appeared before him in the form of white, bleating goat. the bleat was taken as an auspicious sign, and he built a temple in 1552. During the reign of the fourth Desi gyalse Tenzin Rabgay, a monk-tax - a tradition of sending one boy from each family to the Dzongs - was imposed, whereby the first sixty monks were recruited in Lhentse Dratshang. After the completion of the Dzong, various religious artifacts and relics were installed by the 4th Desi Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye.
It is also the site of proposed joint"India-Bhutan Lhuntse Advanced Landing Ground" (AGL) capable of handling large transport aircraft and fighter jets.
It is the location of theLhuentse Dzong,Bumdeling Wildlife Sanctuary inTrashiyangtse district is just to the northeast, andTawang in India lies to the east.
The postal code for Lhuentse is 45001.[2]
