# Zhemgang

Zhemgang is a town in Zhemgang District, Bhutan. It is the capital (dzongkhag thromde) of the district, and is located in Trong Gewog.
In 2005, Zhemgang had a population of 2,332. The post code of Zhemgang is 34001.

## Zhemgang Dzong ༼ཞལམ་སྒང་རྫོང༽

Zhemgang Dzong sits on a ridge that drops steeply down to the mangde chu [river]. The founder of the zhemgang dzong is lam Zhang dorje Drakpa who lived in the 12th century A.D and was a renowned scholar-sage of the Drukpa Kagyu school of Buddhism. His important task is to spread Buddhism in Bhutan. It is situated atop the peak of a triangular shaped ridge that rises sharply from the mangdeChu, facing the village of Trong and the town of Zhemgang. The earliest name of the Zhemgang Dzong is Khenrig Namsum, actually means the three divisions of Kheng: upper [chikhar], Middle. [Nangkor], and lower [Tamachok] kheng.In 1655 CE, a single Storey dzong was built on the hermitage to defend against invaders led by choestse Penlop. located in the central part of Bhutan, Zhemgang was previously called as 'Shemang' and currently as 'Kheng' by the locals .Khenrig Namsum is the ancient name of Zhemgang.

## Information

The Dzongkhag is a parts of the wildlife corridor contituting the famous Royal Manas National Park, the Jigme Singye Wangchuck National Park, and phrumshingla National Park. The Dzongkhag is administratively supported by a Drungkhag in panbang, ang eight Gewogs. Zhemgang is considered as one of the most inaccessible Dzongkhags in the country.
The people of the Zhemgang Dzongkhag cuitivat mainly maize followed by rice, buckwheat, etc. The main income source of the Dzongkhag is Orange,
and the northern Gewogs depend mainly on livestock products for source income.

## Climate

Climate data for Zhemgang, elevation 1,905 m (6,250 ft), (1996–2017 normals) :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 19.0 (66.2) | 21.5 (70.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 25.2 (77.4) | 27.5 (81.5) | 28.0 (82.4) | 28.0 (82.4) | 29.5 (85.1) | 29.0 (84.2) | 28.0 (82.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 19.9 (67.8) | 29.5 (85.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.9 (55.2) | 14.4 (57.9) | 17.3 (63.1) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.5 (70.7) | 22.8 (73.0) | 23.3 (73.9) | 23.6 (74.5) | 22.9 (73.2) | 20.8 (69.4) | 17.7 (63.9) | 14.5 (58.1) | 19.3 (66.7) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 9.3 (48.7) | 10.9 (51.6) | 13.5 (56.3) | 15.6 (60.1) | 18.5 (65.3) | 19.5 (67.1) | 21.9 (71.4) | 22.2 (72.0) | 20.3 (68.5) | 17.0 (62.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.5 (50.9) | 16.2 (61.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 4.4 (39.9) | 6.2 (43.2) | 9.4 (48.9) | 12.5 (54.5) | 15.1 (59.2) | 17.2 (63.0) | 17.9 (64.2) | 17.8 (64.0) | 16.6 (61.9) | 13.0 (55.4) | 9.1 (48.4) | 6.0 (42.8) | 12.1 (53.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −0.5 (31.1) | 0.2 (32.4) | 2.6 (36.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 9.5 (49.1) | 11.0 (51.8) | 15.8 (60.4) | 14.9 (58.8) | 11.5 (52.7) | 6.0 (42.8) | 4.0 (39.2) | 1.0 (33.8) | −0.5 (31.1) |
| Average rainfall mm (inches) | 10.9 (0.43) | 19.7 (0.78) | 47.1 (1.85) | 75.3 (2.96) | 130.9 (5.15) | 235.0 (9.25) | 333.2 (13.12) | 246.2 (9.69) | 194.9 (7.67) | 98.0 (3.86) | 7.0 (0.28) | 5.6 (0.22) | 1,403.8 (55.26) |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 72.7 | 73.7 | 70.5 | 76.4 | 79.8 | 86.3 | 87.5 | 86.1 | 85.2 | 75.5 | 72.1 | 71.3 | 78.1 |
| Source: National Center for Hydrology and Meteorology ||||||||||||||