Sakteng
Sakteng is a town in Trashigang District in far eastern Bhutan.[1] The nearby Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary is named after it.
Sakteng | |
|---|---|
  Sakteng Location in Bhutan | |
| Coordinates: 27°23′N 91°52′E | |
| Country |  |
| District | Trashigang District |
| Time zone | UTC+6 (BTT) |
In popular culture
Sakteng was featured in an Imogen Heap song and video Climb to Sakteng officially published in 2014 as part of the album Sparks. It documents the families of the village carrying power poles up the mountain as part of the successful 2012 effort to electrify their village.
gollark: So there's a conspiracy against him to promote him?
gollark: Implementing biased RNG is surprisingly hard.
gollark: --choice "destroy andrew" "destroy andrew"
gollark: I don't know. You may be conspiring.
gollark: But they might be secretly engaged in the conspiracy to undemote lyricly?
References
- "NGA GeoName Database". National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 2008-06-08. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
- Armington, S. (2002) Bhutan. (2nd ed.) Melbourne: Lonely Planet.
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