
Jakar
Sign in to saveJakar () is a town in the central-eastern region of Bhutan. It is the district capital (dzongkhag thromde) of Bumthang District and the location of Jakar Dzong, the regional dzong fortress. The name Jakar roughly translates as "white bird" in reference to its foundation myth, according to which a roosting white bird signalled the proper and auspicious location to found a monastery around 1549.
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Place details
- Locality
- Dawathang_Dorjibi_ Kashingtsawa
- Region
- བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་
- Country
- འབྲུག་ཡུལ།
- Population
- 6,243
- Timezone
- Asia/Thimphu
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Jakar
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- dz
- Settlement.other_name
- Byakar
- Settlement.native_name
- བྱ་ཀར་
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Thromde
- Settlement.image_skyline
- JakarDzong.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Jakar Dzong
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Bhutan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Bhutan
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Dzongkhag
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bumthang
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Gewog
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Chhoekhor
- Settlement.established_title
- Settled
- Settlement.established_date
- ca. 1549
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Bhutan
- Located in
- Chhoekhor Gewog
- Elevation
- 2587
- Time zone
- UTC+06:00
- Capital of
- Bumthang District
- Image
- JakarDzong.jpg
- Dialing code
- 363
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- Jakar
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Location
- Climate
- Transport
- Main sights
- Jakar Dzong
- Tourism
- Culture
- Schools
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jakar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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