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Bumthang District, Bhutani
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Mindat Locality ID:
214746
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:214746:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Bumthang, Bhoutan
German:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Italian:
distretto di Bumthang, Bhutan
Russian:
Бумтанг, Бутан
Simplified Chinese:
布姆唐宗, 不丹
Spanish:
Distrito de Bumthang, Bután
Arabic:
مقاطعة بامثانغ, بوتان
Asturian:
Distritu de Bumthang
Belarusian:
Бумтанг, Бутан
Bengali:
বুমথাং জেলা
Bulgarian:
Бумтанг, Бутан
Catalan:
Districte de Bumthang, Bhutan
Cebuano:
Bumthang Dzongkhag
Czech:
Bumthang, Bhútán
Danish:
Bumthang District, Bhutan
Dutch:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Dzongkha:
བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག
Esperanto:
Distrikto Bumthang
Estonian:
Bumthangi ringkond, Bhutan
Farsi/Persian:
استان بومتهنگ, پادشاهی بوتان
Finnish:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Greek:
Μπουμθάνγκ, Μπουτάν
Gujarati:
બંથાંગ જિલ્લો
Hindi:
बुमथांग जिला, भूटान
Hungarian:
Bumthang körzet, Bhután
Indonesian:
Distrik Bumthang, Bhutan
Japanese:
ブムタン, ブータン
Kannada:
ಬುಮ್ತಂಗ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ
Korean:
붐탕현, 부탄
Latvian:
Bumtangas distrikts, Butāna
Lithuanian:
Bumtango rajonas, Butanas
Malay:
Bumthang District
Marathi:
बमथांग जिल्हा
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Bumthang Koān
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
बुमथङ जिल्ला
Northern Frisian:
Bumthang
Norwegian:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Pashto:
بومتھانگ ولسوالۍ
Polish:
Bumtʽang, Bhutan
Portuguese:
Bumthang, Butão
Romanian:
Bhumthang, Bhutan
Serbian:
Бумтанг, Бутан
Sinhalese:
බුම්තාන්ග් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය
Slovak:
Bumthang, Bhután
Slovenian:
Okraj Bumtang, Butan
Swedish:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Tamil:
பும்தாங் மாவட்டம்
Telugu:
బుమ్తాంగ్ జిల్లా
Thai:
มณฑลบุมทัง, ภูฏาน
Tibetan (Standard):
བུམ་ཐང་གི་ས་ཁོངས།
Traditional Chinese:
布姆唐宗
Turkish:
Bumthang District, Bhutan
Ukrainian:
Бумтанг, Бутан
Urdu:
بومتھانگ ضلع
Vietnamese:
Bumthang, Bhutan
Waray:
Bumthang
Western Punjabi:
ضلع بومتھانگ


Bumthang District (Dzongkha: བུམ་ཐང་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Bum-thang rzong-khag) is one of the 20 dzongkhag (districts) comprising Bhutan.

It is the most historic dzongkhag if the number of ancient temples and sacred sites is counted.

Bumthang consists of the four mountain valleys of Ura, Chumey, Tang and Choekhor ("Bumthang"), although occasionally the entire district is referred to as Bumthang Valley.

Bumthang directly translates as "beautiful field" – thang means field or flat place, and bum is said to be an abbreviation of either bumpa (a vessel for holy water, thus describing the shape and nature of the valley), or simply bum ("girl," indicating this is the valley of beautiful girls).

The name is said to have arisen after the construction of Jambay Lhakhang.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 9 - Silicates
Beryl9.CJ.05Be3Al2(Si6O18)

List of minerals for each chemical element

BeBeryllium
Be BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
OOxygen
O BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
AlAluminium
Al BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)
SiSilicon
Si BerylBe3Al2(Si6O18)

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumthang_District
Wikidata ID:Q463242
GeoNames ID:1337278

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