Official Name: | Sagteng Gewog |
Native Name: | སག་སྟེང་ |
Settlement Type: | Gewog |
Mapsize: | 350px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Bhutan |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Trashigang District |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Timezone: | BTT |
Utc Offset: | +6 |
Sagteng Gewog (Dzongkha: སག་སྟེང་|sag steng|size=150%), also called Sakteng is a gewog (village block) of Trashigang District, Bhutan.[1] [2]
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]