Trashigang

Trashigang
Main street, Trashigang, Bhutan
Trashigang Location in Bhutan
Coordinates: 27°19′57.2″N 91°33′09.9″E / 27.332556°N 91.552750°E / 27.332556; 91.552750
Country	Bhutan
District	Trashigang District
Population  (2017)
• Total	3,037
Time zone	UTC+6 (BTT)

Trashigang (Dzongkha: བཀྲ་ཤིས་སྒང་།), or Tashigang, meaning "fortress of auspicious mount,"^[1] is a town in eastern Bhutan and the district capital of the Trashigang Dzongkhag (district).

The town lies to the east side of the valley above the Drangme Chhu river just south of where it is joined by the Gamri River. Trashigang is the eastern terminus of the Lateral Road, Bhutan's main highway leading to Phuntsholing in the southwest.