Mongar is a town and the seat of Mongar District in eastern Bhutan. As of 2005 it had a population of 3502. Mongar is on the road from Thimphu to Trashigang. It is one of the oldest educational hubs of the country. It has a regional hospital and a good standard hotel, among other facilities. The important Yagang Lhakhang monastery is on the outskirts of the town.
Mongar District (Dzongkha: མོང་སྒར་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Mong-sgar rdzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. Mongar is the fastest-developing dzongkhag in eastern Bhutan. A regional hospital has been constructed and the region is bustling with many economic activities. Mongar is noted for its lemon grass, a plant that can be used to produce an essential oil. It also has a hydro power plant on the Kuri Chhu river.
Central Mongar is the only region where the East Bodish Chali language is spoken, by about at total of 8,200 people in Wangmakhar, Gorsum and Tormazhong villages, mainly in and around Chhali Gewog on the east bank of the Kuri Chhu River.
Southern Mongar is likewise unique for its 1,000 Gongduk speakers living in a few inaccessible villages of Gongdue Gewog near the Kuri Chhu river. The language appears to be the sole representative of a unique branch of the Tibeto-Burman language family and retains the complex verbal agreement system of Proto-Tibeto-Burman.
Mongar—The Korila Forest ManagementUnit in Mongar is confronting a severe threat from rising firewood consumption and excessive timber harvesting, according to the Divisional ForestOffice... Mongar ...
Mongar—Residents living in the outskirts of Mongar town are grappling with waste management issues due to lack of waste collection facilities ... Mongar Dzongdag Lungten Jamtsho acknowledged the residents’ requests for waste drop-off centres.
Mongar—Twenty -two- year-old, Kinley Dorji’s life could have spiralled out of control, either landing him in jail or worse, had he not reached out for help ... referred to the Mongar Drop-in Centre (DIC).
Mongar—With increasing population and number of vehicles in Mongar town, residents are pushing for the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras to improve safety and manage littering.
). April 18, 2024. Hon'bleSanam Lyonpo was welcomed and received by Dasho Dzongda, Drangpon, local government leaders, and the civil servants of Mongar Dzongkhag. The officials offered Tashi Khadar and reported the status of Dzongkhag's 13th FYP.
Dechen Dolkar. On March 11, at approximately 11 am, a big rock hit and swept away a two-story house situated in Gomchhu village in Narang, Mongar. The house belonged to a couple with three sons ... Yangzor village has five households ... .
Rusty is survived by his wife, RobinMongar, his son Robert Mongar, his grandsons Conner Mongar, Camden Geeting, and Owen Mongar, his daughter Brittanie Mongar, his grandsons Grayson Flescher and ...
Mongar — The 65-bed Gyaltsuen Jetsun PemaMother and ChildHospital (MCH) construction in Mongar has been completed 48 percent and is expected to finish on time ... kilometres away from Mongar core town.
The Bhutan Tendrel Party’s (BTP) sweeping success in all three constituencies in Mongar did not come as a surprise to voters and winning candidates alike ... prevailed among the people of Mongar.
In a decisive victory, the Bhutan Tendrel Party (BTP) claimed triumph in all three constituencies of Mongar, emerging victorious in both electronic voting machine (EVM) and postal ballot counts.
Mongar — With only a day left for the fourth National AssemblyPoll Day, Mongar appears all set ... Mongar dzongkhag has deployed about 560 polling officials, including security personnel, who left for respective polling stations yesterday morning.
Mongar — A total of 3,529 voters from Mongar actively participated in the fifteen-day common forums (CF) during the ongoing campaign for the General Election 2023-2024 ... The CF in Mongar concluded on December 29.