Kargil district

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administrative district district mountainous region

Kargil district is a mountainous administrative region in the Union Territory of Ladakh in northern India, known for its strategic location near the Line of Control and its culturally diverse, predominantly Muslim population.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kargil district canonical 17
Kargil 6
Kargil region 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district ⓘ
mountainous region ⓘ
administrativeHeadquarters Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kargil
border Anantnag district ⓘ
Bandipora ⓘ
surface form: Bandipora district

Ganderbal district ⓘ
Ghanche District ⓘ
Leh ⓘ
surface form: Leh district

India–Pakistan Line of Control ⓘ
surface form: Line of Control

Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
surface form: Pakistan-administered territories

Skardu District ⓘ
climate cold desert climate ⓘ
containsTown Dras ⓘ
Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kargil
containsValley Dras Valley ⓘ
Suru Valley ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalCharacteristic culturally diverse ⓘ
governedBy Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil ⓘ
hasCapital Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Kargil
hasFeature high-altitude passes ⓘ
narrow valleys ⓘ
steep mountains ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
hasSpokenLanguage Balti ⓘ
Ladakhi ⓘ
Purgi ⓘ
Shina ⓘ
knownFor Kargil War ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
strategic location ⓘ
locatedIn Ladakh ⓘ
Ladakh ⓘ
surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh

northern India ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas ⓘ
Zanskar Range ⓘ
majorityCommunity Shia Islam ⓘ
surface form: Shia Muslims
partOf Ladakh ⓘ
surface form: Ladakh division
partOfFormerEntity Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
surface form: Jammu and Kashmir state
populationMajorityReligion Islam ⓘ
religiousDemography predominantly Muslim ⓘ
strategicImportance border security ⓘ
military ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
traversedByRiver Dras River ⓘ
Suru River ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

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

Shina → spokenIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Ladakh → winterCapital → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil
Ladakh → contains → Kargil district ⓘ
Zanskar River → flowsThrough → Kargil district ⓘ
Operation Vijay (1999) → location → Kargil district ⓘ
Kargil War → locatedIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Zanskar Range → locatedInRegion → Kargil district ⓘ
Shina people → significantPopulationIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Kargil district → hasCapital → Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil
Kargil district → administrativeHeadquarters → Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil
Kargil district → containsTown → Kargil district self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil
Shinaki → ethnicGroupIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Magnetic Hill → nearbyCity → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil
Purgi → spokenIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Purgi → region → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil region
Purgi → geographicDistribution → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drass region
Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh → hasJurisdictionOver → Kargil district ⓘ
Zoji La → locatedInDistrict → Kargil district ⓘ
Srinagar-Leh Highway → passesThrough → Kargil district ⓘ
subject surface form: Srinagar–Leh Highway
this entity surface form: Kargil
Srinagar-Leh Highway → passesThrough → Kargil district ⓘ
subject surface form: Srinagar–Leh Highway
Balti people → diaspora → Kargil district ⓘ
Purgi language → spokenIn → Kargil district ⓘ
Purgi language → region → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil region
Balti language → spokenIn → Kargil district ⓘ
XIV Corps → areaOfResponsibility → Kargil district ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kargil sector
Zanskar Valley → administrativeTerritory → Kargil district ⓘ
Padum → locatedIn → Kargil district ⓘ