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Out of the 857-kilometre-long (533 mi) border in Ladakh, only 368 km (229 mi) is the International Border, and the remaining 489 km (304 mi) is the Line of Actual Control. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] The stand-off involving the most troops was in September 2014 in the disputed Chumar region when 800 to 1,000 Indian troops and 1,500 Chinese troops came into ...
Source:Area of states [6] In August 2019, the Indian Parliament passed a resolution to divide the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) and Ladakh , which came into action on 31 October 2019.
Historic Ladakh consists of a number of distinct areas (mainly under Indian rule), including the fairly populous main Indus valley, the more remote Zanskar (in the south) and Nubra valleys (to the north over Khardung La in the Ladakh mountain range, a high motorable pass at 5,359 metres (17,582 ft)), the almost deserted Aksai Chin (under Chinese rule) and the predominantly Shi'ite Muslim ...
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region. [1] Ladakh is an Indian-administered union territory.With an area of 45,110 km 2, it is the second largest district in the country, second only to Kutch.
Ladakh district with three sub-districts: Leh, Kargil and Skardu (Skardu later became part of Gilgit-Baltistan.) Gilgit district with two sub-districts: Gilgit and Astore. (Both later became part of Gilgit-Baltistan.) Frontier ilaqas comprising Punial, Ishkoman, Yasin, Kuh Ghizar, Hunza, Nagar and Chilas. (All of these regions later became part ...
With its administrative centre in the town of Gilgit, the Northern Areas cover an area of 72,971 square kilometres (28,174 sq mi) and have an estimated population approaching 1 million (10 lakhs). Ladakh is between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south. [43] Capital towns of the region are Leh and ...
The Indian union territory of Ladakh consists of two districts, with the intention to create 5 new districts announced on 26th August 2024 [1]. Each district elects an autonomous district council . Until 31 October 2019, the districts of Kargil and Leh were part of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir .
The overland approach to Ladakh from the Kashmir valley via the 434-km. National Highway 1 typically remains open for traffic from April/May to October/November. The most dramatic part of this journey is the ascent up the 3,505-metre-high (11,499 ft) Zoji-la , a tortuous pass in the Great Himalayan Wall.