Jakar (
Dzongkha: བྱ་ཀར་;
Wylie:
Bya-kar) is a town in the central-eastern region of
Bhutan. It is the district capital (
dzongkhag thromde) of
Bumthang District and the location of
Jakar Dzong, the regional
dzong fortress. The name Jakar roughly translates as "white bird" in reference to its foundation myth, according to which a roosting white bird signaled the proper and auspicious location to found a monastery around 1549.