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    Paro (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་) is a town and seat of Paro District, in the Paro Valley of Bhutan. It is a historic town with many sacred sites and historical...
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    of the four airports in Bhutan. It is 6 kilometres (3.7 mi; 3.2 nmi) from Paro in a deep valley on the bank of the river Paro Chhu. With surrounding peaks...
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    Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site located in the cliffside of the upper Paro valley in Bhutan. It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in...
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  • Paro Football Club is a Bhutanese professional football club based in Paro that competes in the Bhutan Premier League, the top level of Bhutanese football...
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  • airline has resumed a full schedule of flights including Kolkata to Paro, Bhutan. The airline, then known as Tashi Air, was launched on 4 December 2011...
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    Paro District (Dzongkha: སྤ་རོ་རྫོང་ཁག་; Wylie: Spa-ro rdzong-khag) is a district (dzongkhag), valley, river and town (population 20,000) in Bhutan....
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    as Drukair — Royal Bhutan Airlines, is the flag carrier of the Kingdom of Bhutan, headquartered in the western dzongkhag of Paro. Founded in 1981, ten...
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  • Paro may refer to: Matteo Paro (born 1983), Italian footballer Paro (robot), a therapeutic robot baby harp seal Paro, Bhutan Paro Airport, Bhutan Paro...
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    National Museum of Bhutan is a cultural museum in the town of Paro in western Bhutan. Established in 1968, in the renovated ancient Ta-dzong building...
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    Tourism in Bhutan began in 1974, when the Government of Bhutan, in an effort to raise revenue and to promote Bhutanese unique culture and traditions to...
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  • Transport in Bhutan uses about 8,000 kilometres (5,000 mi) of roads and four airports, three of which are operational and interconnected. Paro Airport is...
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    Rinpung Dzong (redirect from Paro Dzong)
    referred to as Paro Dzong, is a large dzong - Buddhist monastery and fortress - of the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school in Paro District, Bhutan. It houses...
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    into Sikkim and Bhutan. He ordered the construction of two Buddhist temples, Bumthang in central Bhutan and Kyichu (near Paro) in the Paro Valley. Buddhism...
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  • United Paro Phuntsholing Heroes RTC FC Samtse Tensung Thimphu City Transport United Tsirang Prior to the start of the 2023 season, the Bhutan Premier...
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    This is a list of cities and towns in Bhutan. Chhukha Daga Damphu Gasa Gelephu Ha Jakar Lhuntshi Mongar Paro Pemagatsel Phuntsholing Punakha Samtse Samdrup...
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  • University of Bhutan Royal Thimphu College College of Science and Technology (Bhutan) Royal Institution College of Natural Resources (Bhutan) Paro College of...
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    The Paro Chhu is a river of western Bhutan. It is a tributary of the Wong Chhu, which is known as the Raidak in its lower reaches. The Paro Chhu rises...
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  • Kinzang Lhamo (category Olympic athletes for Bhutan)
    in Paro, Bhutan. In 2023, Lhamo won the Bhutan International marathon. The following year, she retained her title at the 10th edition of the Bhutan International...
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    construction of two Buddhist temples, at Bumthang in central Bhutan and at Kyichu (near Paro) in the Paro Valley. Buddhism was propagated in earnest in 746 under...
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  • Bhutan National League), the top national football competition in Bhutan. Damphu Paro Phuntsholing Samtse Thimphu Updated to match(es) played on 14 July...
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  • Calcutta Football League. In 2019, he moved abroad and managed Bhutan Premier League club Paro. In that year, they won league title. On 1 July 2021, Southern...
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    great deal of importance on the Himalayas. Paro Taktsang is the holy place where Buddhism started in Bhutan. The Muktinath is also a place of pilgrimage...
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    Thimphu (redirect from Thimphu, Bhutan)
    relying on the Paro Airport (connected by road some 52 kilometres (32 miles) away). Thimphu, as the political and economic center of Bhutan, has a dominant...
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    central Bhutan; the rival Penlop of Paro controlled western Bhutan; and dzongpons controlled areas surrounding their respective dzongs. The Penlop of Paro, unlike...
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    Prince of Bhutan (Druk Gyalsey), Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, at the Ugyen Pelri Thang Palace, Paro, on 5 October 1951. She became Queen consort of Bhutan in 1952...
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    Jomolhari (category Mountains of Bhutan)
    Paro district of Bhutan. The north face rises over 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) above the barren plains. The mountain is the source of the Paro Chu (Paro river)...
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  • Service Bhutan Football Federation Bhutan national cricket team Bhutan national football team Bhutan Postal Corporation Bhutan Postal Museum Bhutan Times...
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    children: Dasho Thinley Tobgay (b. 1857), 22nd Penlop of Paro. Dasho Ugyen Wangchuck, King of Bhutan. Ancestor of King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Ashi...
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    father in fighting the rebellious Penlop of Paro, Tshewnag Norbu. In early 1877 his father left Ugyen in Paro to deal with a rebellion in Punakha. Ugyen...
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    Duar War (redirect from Anglo-Bhutan War)
    protection of the penlop of Paro and was later deposed. The British mission dealt alternately with the rival penlop of Paro and the penlop of Trongsa (the...
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