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Village 4th admin unit (Bhutan)Sumthrang translates as "the place of tri-junction." This is because the east-west travel route via Tang valley passes through Sumthrang while a path from Ura in its south ends at Sumthrang forming a tri-junction. The village of Sumthrang was born from the establishment of Dechen Sumthrang Samdrup Choezong Monastery by Nyo Dechog in around 1220s.
- སུམ་འཕྲང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
- sum 'phrang (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- Sumthrang (Dzongkha, Latin script, Dzongkha Transcription)
- སོམ་འཕྲང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Mistaken Spelling)
- som 'phrang (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
- Somthrang (Dzongkha, Latin script, Dzongkha Transcription)
- སོམ་བཱརང་། (Dzongkha, Tibetan script, Original)
- Soombrang (Dzongkha, Latin script, Dzongkha Transcription)
- som bArang (Dzongkha, Latin script, THL Extended Wylie Transliteration)
Place ID: F