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Places
Places term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
Sutherland 1 0
Sweden (1)

Use for: Sverige

  • A country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in northern Europe. Sweden occupies the greater part of the Scandinavian Peninsula, which it shares with Norway. The land slopes gently from the high mountains along the Norwegian frontier eastward to the Baltic Sea.
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Switzerland (1) 6 0
Tamil Nadu (IND)

Use for: Tamil Nadu (India)

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Thailand 1 0
Thimphu District (BTN)

Use for: Thimphu District (Bhutan)

  • a dzongkhag (district) of Western Bhutan.
  • NOT to be confused with Thimphu (city) is also the capital of Bhutan and the largest city in the whole kingdom.
0 0
Tibet 3 2
Trashiyangtse District (BTN) (1)

Use for: Trashiyangtse District (Bhutan)

  • is one of the twenty dzongkhags (districts) comprising Bhutan. It was created in 1992 when Trashiyangtse district was split off from Trashigang District.
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Trashiyangtse Dzong (Bhutan) 0 0
Trongsa

Use for: Tongsa

  • Tongsa, town, fortress, and monastery, central Bhutan. It lies in the Himalayas on the Tongsa (or Mangde) River, about 5,500 feet (1,700 m) above sea level. It was the headquarters of the first hereditary maharaja of Bhutan and the historic seat of power over central and eastern Bhutan. The dzong (fortress, or castle) guards the main east-west route through the mountains. It houses a large number of state-supported monks of the Buddhist ’Brug-pa order, as well as government officials. Pop. (2005) 2,695.
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