Leh

E281102
municipal council town

Leh is a historic town in the Indian union territory of Ladakh, known for its high-altitude Himalayan landscape, Buddhist monasteries, and role as a former trading hub on the Silk Route.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Leh canonical 37
Leh district 28

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf municipal council ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatus headquarters of Leh district ⓘ
joint capital of Ladakh ⓘ
borderProximity near India–China border region ⓘ
near India–Pakistan border region ⓘ
climate cold desert climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 34.1526° N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude 77.5771° E ⓘ
country India ⓘ
economy dependent on government services ⓘ
dependent on tourism ⓘ
elevation approximately 11500 feet above sea level ⓘ
approximately 3500 metres above sea level ⓘ
formerPartOf Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Jammu and Kashmir state
governingBody Leh Municipal Committee ⓘ
historicalRole major town on the Silk Route ⓘ
trading hub between Tibet, Kashmir, Central Asia and the Indian plains ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist culture ⓘ
adventure tourism ⓘ
high-altitude Himalayan landscape ⓘ
proximity to Nubra Valley ⓘ
proximity to Pangong Lake ⓘ
trekking ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Ladakhis ⓘ
surface form: Ladakhi
locatedIn Ladakh ⓘ
Leh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Leh district

Transhimalaya ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Himalaya

northern India ⓘ
locatedNear Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram Range

Zanskar Range ⓘ
locatedOn banks of the Indus River ⓘ
nearbyMonastery Hemis Monastery ⓘ
Spituk Monastery ⓘ
Thiksey Monastery ⓘ
partOf Ladakh ⓘ
surface form: union territory of Ladakh
religion predominantly Tibetan Buddhism ⓘ
significant Shia Islam minority ⓘ
roadConnection connected to Manali via Leh–Manali Highway ⓘ
connected to Srinagar via NH1 ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Leh Palace ⓘ
Main Bazaar ⓘ
Namgyal Tsemo Gompa ⓘ
Shanti Stupa ⓘ
traditionalEconomy trade and caravan routes ⓘ
transport Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport ⓘ
surface form: served by Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport
utcOffset +5:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (65)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nubra Valley → locatedNorthOf → Leh ⓘ
Ladakh → capital → Leh ⓘ
Ladakh → administrativeHeadquarters → Leh ⓘ
Ladakh → contains → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Zanskar River → flowsThrough → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Ladakh Range → overlooks → Leh ⓘ
Ladakh Range → administrativeRegion → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Ladakh Range → primaryAccessTown → Leh ⓘ
Diskit → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Diskit → nearestMajorTown → Leh ⓘ
Hunder → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Sumur → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Sumur → roadAccessFrom → Leh ⓘ
Panamik → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Panamik → nearestMajorTown → Leh ⓘ
Diskit Monastery → district → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Hunder sand dunes → administrativeDistrict → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Khardung La → connects → Leh ⓘ
Khardung La → accessFrom → Leh ⓘ
Khardung La → near → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Khardung La → administrativeTerritory → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Leh → locatedIn → Leh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Kargil district → border → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Nubra River → administrativeRegion → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Durbuk → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Durbuk → hasRoadConnection → Leh ⓘ
Leh–Nubra road → connects → Leh ⓘ
Leh–Nubra road → regionServed → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Leh–Nubra road → startingPoint → Leh ⓘ
Turtuk → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Turtuk → connectedByRoadTo → Leh ⓘ
Tangtse → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Tangtse → hasRoadConnectionTo → Leh ⓘ
Darbuk–Shyok–Daulat Beg Oldi Road → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Darbuk–Shyok–Daulat Beg Oldi Road → connects → Leh ⓘ
Darbuk–Shyok–Daulat Beg Oldi Road → terminus → Leh ⓘ
Magnetic Hill → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Magnetic Hill → locatedNear → Leh ⓘ
Magnetic Hill → bestAccessPoint → Leh ⓘ
Hemis National Park → nearestCity → Leh ⓘ
Thiksey Monastery → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Thiksey Monastery → nearbyCity → Leh ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh → seat → Leh ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh → hasJurisdictionOver → Leh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
Chang La → approachRoadFrom → Leh ⓘ
Chang La → distanceFrom → Leh ⓘ
Srinagar-Leh Highway → connects → Leh ⓘ
subject surface form: Srinagar–Leh Highway
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport → locatedIn → Leh ⓘ
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport → serves → Leh ⓘ
Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport → cityServed → Leh ⓘ