Khaling
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Khaling is a town
in eastern Bhutan
. It is located in Trashigang District.
The word "Khaling" is one of the most beautiful,meaningful and realistic of names ever given to a place. Why??? "Kha" in Dzongkha (Nationallanguage)means bird, and "ling" means valley. This is the most enchanting, haunting and lush green fertile valley of the Himalayan Kingdom - Bhutan. Quite naturally, it is blessed with innumerable variety of birds and their songs. A recent survey (casual, of course,) revealed that there are more than 35 varieties of colourful birds with mesmerising tunes. Their enchanting melodious notes reverberate this heavenly valley.
Khaling is wellknown all over Bhutan because of another reason. One of the oldest of educational institutions in this peaceful "land of Thunder Dragon" (Bhutan) is situated here in this green valley of Khaling. The school is known as "Jigme Sherubling Higher Secondary School" which was established in the year 1978.
Population (latest census)5646 .
Khaling is a name of group of people from Manipur, India and also from Solukhumbu, Nepal.
Khaling(India) is the title which belongs to the Khoibu(Uipo) tribe from Manipur residing especially in Chandel District. To know more about the Khoibu(Uipo) Tribe from Manipur, India, please follow the link, http://www.khoibu.com.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in eastern Bhutan
Bhutan
Bhutan , officially the Kingdom of Bhutan, is a landlocked state in South Asia, located at the eastern end of the Himalayas and bordered to the south, east and west by the Republic of India and to the north by the People's Republic of China...
. It is located in Trashigang District.
The word "Khaling" is one of the most beautiful,meaningful and realistic of names ever given to a place. Why??? "Kha" in Dzongkha (Nationallanguage)means bird, and "ling" means valley. This is the most enchanting, haunting and lush green fertile valley of the Himalayan Kingdom - Bhutan. Quite naturally, it is blessed with innumerable variety of birds and their songs. A recent survey (casual, of course,) revealed that there are more than 35 varieties of colourful birds with mesmerising tunes. Their enchanting melodious notes reverberate this heavenly valley.
Khaling is wellknown all over Bhutan because of another reason. One of the oldest of educational institutions in this peaceful "land of Thunder Dragon" (Bhutan) is situated here in this green valley of Khaling. The school is known as "Jigme Sherubling Higher Secondary School" which was established in the year 1978.
Population (latest census)5646 .
Khaling is a name of group of people from Manipur, India and also from Solukhumbu, Nepal.
Khaling(India) is the title which belongs to the Khoibu(Uipo) tribe from Manipur residing especially in Chandel District. To know more about the Khoibu(Uipo) Tribe from Manipur, India, please follow the link, http://www.khoibu.com.