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Places term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
Tibet 5 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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Trongsa District (BTN)

Use for: Trongsa District (Bhutan)

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Tunle La (BTN)
  • a mountain pass near Kinga Rapden (palace) in Bhutan
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Turkey 2 0
Uganda (1) 2 0
Ulster
  • one of the ancient provinces of Ireland and subsequently the northernmost of Ireland’s four traditional provinces (the others being Leinster, Munster, and Connaught [Connacht]). Because of the Ulster cycle of Irish literature, which recounts the exploits of Cú Chulainn and many other Ulster heroes, Ulster has a place of great prominence in Irish literature. The name Ulster is now used by many to refer to Northern Ireland.
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Underwood, South Ayrshire (Scotland) 1 0