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Magnet Hill or Nimoo-Leh Magnet Hill is a gravity hill located near Leh in Ladakh, India. [5] Due to the surrounding geographical features, it has an optical illusion where vehicles seem to roll uphill in defiance of gravity when they are, in fact, rolling downhill. [6] It is 7.5 km southeast of Nimo and 26.5 km west of Leh on Srinagar-Ladakh road.
Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. [4] It is the capital of Ladakh since the Medieval Period. [4] Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh.
Dras is often called "The Gateway to Ladakh". It is at a height of 10,800 feet (3,300 m) [2] Dras lies in the centre of the valley of the same name (Dras valley). Dras is 140 km from Srinagar and 63 km from Sonmarg. Kargil town is 58 km from Dras on the national highway NH 1 from Srinagar to Leh.
Ladakh: District: Leh: Tehsil: Nubra: Elevation [1] 4,500 m (14,600 ft) Languages. Time zone: UTC+5:30 : ... The temperature plummets as low as -30 C in the winters ...
On 14 December 2021, the first FM radio station in Ladakh was established in Leh. [150] There are a handful of private news outlets. Reach Ladakh Bulletin, [151] a biweekly newspaper in English, is the only print media published by and for Ladakhis. Rangyul or Kargil Number is a newspaper published from Kashmir covering Ladakh in English and Urdu.
Panamic or Panamik is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh in India. [1] [2] It is located in the Nubra tehsil. Hot sulphur springs are found in the village. [3] Panamik is a contraction of སྤང་ན་ཆུ་མིག་ 'Spang na Chumik', meaning 'the spring in the meadows'.
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 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Leh (LAHDC Leh) is the Autonomous District Council that administers the Leh district. [8] As of July 2019, Leh district is divided into 7 sub-divisions (new sub-divisions in Leh), 12 tehsils (new tehsils in Panamik, Turtuk, Chuchot and Likir) and 18 new blocks in Sumoor and Likir . [9] [6]