Lhuntse is the most isolated districts in Bhutan. The landscape is spectacular, with stark cliffs towering above river gorges and dance coniferous forests, the region is famous for its weavers, and their distinctive textiles are generally considered to be the best in the country. First, it is considered the spiritual home of our beloved kings and second, it boasts some of the most sacred sites of pilgrimage in the country. Geographically, Lhuentse is one of the remotest districts of Bhutan, with a population of about 15,400 scattered across its eight blocks.
 
LHUENTSE DZONG:
The Lhuentse Dzong was built in 1552 by Ngagi Wangchuck. The original structure was enlarged in 1656 and renamed Lhundub Rinchen Tse Dzong. Other important buildings in the Kurtoe valley are the Choeje Nagtshang founded by Kuenga Wangpo, who was Terton Pema Lingpa’s son, and the Dungkar Nagtshang built by the Trongsa Penlop Jigme Namgyal, father of Gongsar Ugyen Wangchuck, the first king of Bhutan. The famed Singye Dzong, one of the most important sites of pilgrimage in Bhutan, is also te be found in the district.
 
The people of Lhuentse are mostly paddy farmers. They also grow maize, millet, barley, wheat, and buckwheat to supplement rice cultivation. Other agriculture produce from the region include potatoes and chilies. Some of the best textiles weavers in the kingdom come from Kurtoe region, and the exquisite kishuthara famed and treasured as women’s kira all over Bhutan, come from the Khoma village in Lhuentse
 
KILUNG LHAKHANG:
This Lhakhang is situated on a ridge overlooking the Kurichhu River stands on the former site of the fortress of the Kilung Gyalpo, a regional chieftain who lived in ancient times. This temple houses a sacred chain mail that was once used, according to legend, o recapture a statue that miraculously flew away from the Lhuntse Dzong.
 
JANGCHUBLING MONASTERY:
This monastery was founded by Choeje Pekar Jamtsho in the 18^th century. In recent history the monastery was under the patronage of the “Great Sixteenth” Karmapa Rangjung Rigpe Dorji (August 14, 1924, November 5, 1981) and the daughter of our first King, Her Royal Highness Ashi Wangmo, who lived out the end of her days as a nun at the monastery. The temple complex at Singye Dzong at an altitude of over 3,000 meters above the sea level is deemed sacred because Guru Padsambhava meditated here during the mid 8^th century.