# Sakteng

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'''Sakteng''' ({{langx|dz|སག་སྟེང་|sag steng|size=150%}}) is a [town](/source/town) and the headquarters of an [eponymous gewog](/source/Sakteng_Gewog) in [Trashigang District](/source/Trashigang_District) in far eastern [Bhutan](/source/Bhutan).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp |title=NGA GeoName Database |publisher=[National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency](/source/National_Geospatial-Intelligence_Agency) |accessdate=2008-07-05 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080608190852/http://geonames.nga.mil/ggmagaz/geonames4.asp <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-06-08}}</ref> The nearby [Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary](/source/Sakteng_Wildlife_Sanctuary) is named after it.

==In popular culture==
Sakteng was featured in an [Imogen Heap](/source/Imogen_Heap) song and video ''Climb to Sakteng'' officially published in 2014 as part of the album [Sparks](/source/Sparks_(Imogen_Heap_album)). It documents the families of the village carrying power poles up the mountain as part of the successful 2012 effort to electrify their village.

==References==
<references/>
*Armington, S. (2002) ''Bhutan.'' (2nd ed.) Melbourne: Lonely Planet.

==External links==
*[http://www.maplandia.com/bhutan/tashigang/sakteng/ Satellite map at Maplandia.com]
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj54SVZTcHI&index=12&list=PLbwEHNBipW0XmKBQySdmtZftFX_3h74et Music video of Climb to Sakteng]

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Category:Populated places in Bhutan

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