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Sakteng Gewog
Gewog in Trashigang District, Bhutan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sagteng Gewog (Dzongkha: སག་སྟེང་, romanized: sag steng), also called Sakteng is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.[1][2]
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Sakteng Gewog office was established in 2005 with an area of 910 sq.km, which is located under Trashigang Dzongkhag where this area comprises nomadic people. The area is also a protected area where one of Bhutan’s wildlife conservation area which consist of rare blue poppies and people mainly depend on the livestock’s products for their living.[3] Merak Gewog is within Sakten Dungkhag.The people usually speak a local language called Jyops and their neighbours call it Brahmilo.[4] Much of the gewog lies within the Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary.[5]