Zhemgang District

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Coordinates: 27°0′N, 90°45′E

Location of Zhemgang dzongkhag within Bhutan
Location of Zhemgang dzongkhag within Bhutan

Zhemgang གཞལམ་སྒང་རྫོང་ཁག་ , previously Shemgang, is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan. It is bordered by Sarpang, Trongsa, Bumthang, Mongar and Samdrup Jongkhar dzongkhag, and borders the Assam province of India to the south.

Starting in the 1990s, Assamese separtists maintained guerilla bases in the forests of southern Zhemgang from which they would launch attacks on targets in India and then return across the border. In late 2003 the King of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck led a military operation which largely swept the guerillas out of the region. Because of the risk of attack, foreign tourists are not yet allowed to visit Zhemgang.

Zhemgang is comprised of eight gewogs:

See also: Districts of Bhutan

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