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Sarpang District
Sarpang District (Dzongkha: སར་པང་རྫོང་ཁག) is one of the twenty dzongkhags of Bhutan, situated in the south-central part of the country along the Indian border. Known for its subtropical climate and lowland geography, Sarpang serves as a significant agricultural region and a gateway between highland Bhutan and the Indian plains.
Renaming of Places in Southern Bhutan
Between the 1950s and late 1990s, the Royal Government of Bhutan systematically renamed districts, towns, gewogs, and villages across southern Bhutan from their historical Nepali-origin names to Dzongkha names. Human rights organizations and refugee communities have characterized the renaming as part of a broader pattern of cultural erasure targeting the Lhotshampa population, while the Bhutanese government has framed parts of the process as linguistic standardization.
Criticism of Gelephu Mindfulness City
Gelephu Mindfulness City, a planned mega-city in southern Bhutan announced in 2023, has drawn criticism on multiple fronts including its construction on land from which Lhotshampa were expelled in the 1990s, environmental risks to ecologically sensitive areas, economic feasibility concerns given Bhutan's small economy and existing debt, governance questions about its SAR status, and comparisons to other failed mega-city projects in Asia.
Gelephu Mindfulness City: Environmental Impact
An analysis of the environmental implications of Gelephu Mindfulness City, a 2,500 km² development in southern Bhutan adjacent to Royal Manas National Park and Phibsoo Wildlife Sanctuary. Concerns include impacts on tiger and elephant corridors, flood risk on alluvial floodplains, tropical heat, water resource demands, and potential contradictions with Bhutan's carbon-negative status.
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