Ladakh

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region union territory of India

Ladakh is a high-altitude, sparsely populated region in northern India known for its rugged mountains, Buddhist culture, and strategic location bordering Tibet and the Karakoram range.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form Occurrences
Union Territory of Ladakh 6
Indian-administered Ladakh 2
India–Ladakh 1

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region ⓘ
union territory of India ⓘ
administrativeHeadquarters Leh ⓘ
borders Chinese-administered Aksai Chin region ⓘ
surface form: Aksai Chin

Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Himachal Pradesh ⓘ
Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
Tibet Autonomous Region ⓘ
Xinjiang ⓘ
surface form: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region
capital Leh ⓘ
climate cold desert climate ⓘ
connectedByRoad Manali-Leh Highway ⓘ
Srinagar-Leh Highway ⓘ
contains Tibetan Plateau ⓘ
surface form: Changthang plateau

Diskit Monastery ⓘ
Hemis Monastery ⓘ
Hemis National Park ⓘ
Kargil district ⓘ
Khardung La ⓘ
Lamayuru Monastery ⓘ
Leh ⓘ
surface form: Leh district

Magnetic Hill ⓘ
Nubra Valley ⓘ
Pangong Tso ⓘ
Thiksey Monastery ⓘ
Tso Moriri ⓘ
Ladakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Zanskar region
country India ⓘ
dominantReligion Buddhism ⓘ
elevation over 3000 metres above sea level ⓘ
establishedAsUnionTerritoryOn 31 October 2019 ⓘ
fauna Siberian ibex ⓘ
surface form: Himalayan ibex

Tibetan wild ass ⓘ
snow leopard ⓘ
flora seabuckthorn shrubs ⓘ
governedBy Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh ⓘ
hasAirport Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport ⓘ
hasLanguage Balti ⓘ
Tibetan ⓘ
surface form: Ladakhi

Purgi ⓘ
hasMajorPass Chang La ⓘ
Khardung La ⓘ
Zoji La ⓘ
hasParliamentaryConstituency Ladakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency
hasRiver Indus River ⓘ
Shyok River ⓘ
Zanskar River ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
Tibetan Buddhist culture ⓘ
high-altitude desert landscapes ⓘ
strategic military importance ⓘ
trekking and adventure tourism ⓘ
locatedIn northern India ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
partOf Greater Himalayas ⓘ
Karakoram ⓘ
surface form: Karakoram Range

Transhimalaya ⓘ
surface form: Trans-Himalaya
primaryEconomicActivities agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
separatedFrom Jammu and Kashmir ⓘ
strategicFor India–China border ⓘ
surface form: India-China border

India–Pakistan border ⓘ
surface form: India-Pakistan border
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
traditionalDress goncha ⓘ
traditionalFestival Dosmoche ⓘ
Hemis Festival ⓘ
Losar ⓘ
traditionalHouseType mud-brick houses ⓘ
utcOffset +05:30 ⓘ
winterCapital Kargil district ⓘ
surface form: Kargil

Referenced by (38)

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

this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
this entity surface form: India–Ladakh
this entity surface form: Indian-administered Ladakh
this entity surface form: Indian-administered Ladakh
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
Karakoram Pass → connects → Ladakh ⓘ
Ladakh → contains → Ladakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zanskar region
subject surface form: Northern India
Shyok River → flowsThrough → Ladakh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
Ladakh → hasParliamentaryConstituency → Ladakh self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency
Karakoram Pass → locatedIn → Ladakh ⓘ
Nubra Valley → locatedIn → Ladakh ⓘ
Zanskar River → locatedIn → Ladakh ⓘ
Zanskar River → locatedIn → Ladakh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
this entity surface form: Ladakh (Indian-administered)
Sino-Indian War → location → Ladakh ⓘ
Nubra Valley → partOf → Ladakh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Leh district
this entity surface form: Zanskar
Shyok River → region → Ladakh ⓘ
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
this entity surface form: Union Territory of Ladakh
Balti → spokenIn → Ladakh ⓘ
Shina → spokenIn → Ladakh ⓘ