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Ladakh is a mountainous region in Jammu and Kashmir, northwest India and in the area known as the Trans-Himalaya, (the lands beyond the Himalaya: Tibet, Xinjiang and northern Pakistan.
It's slightly smaller than Scotland, the settled population live between 2700 m and 4500 m, and nomadic encampments even higher, and it's the largest and the least populated region of Jammu and Kashmir.
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The people are a mixture of Buddhist and Muslim 50% of each. Buddhists are the majority in the east close to the Chinese border and a slight majority overall while Muslims have the majority in the north and west. Travellers are likely to see more of the Buddhists as the majority of the tourist attractions are in the east and directly related to Tibetan Buddhist culture.
Regions
Cities
- Leh - The capital of Ladakh, a medium sized town, not many "sites", but very picturesque and makes an excellent base for exploring Ladakh - good guest houses and restaurants.
- Choglamsar - A village with a large Tibetan comunity, almost close enough to Leh to be a suburb.
- Kargil - Ladakh's second town has very much things intresting for tourists.a budha statue erected at mulbekh,another one at sankoo are the ones worthy wathching.kargil provides excellant sites for treking ang mountaineering like the nun kun massif , also there is large scope for river rafting in zanskar region op kargil district.kargil is known all over india for its rich apricot orchards,during summer the entire valley changes into beautiful orange colour.this region has very seren environment. For tourists, it is an important transit hub. It is also noteworthy to know that it is the only Muslim majority area and one of two districts of the Ladakh division in India.
- Turtuk - A remote village, part of kargil district inhabited by ethnic Muslims on the 'line of control' between Pakistan and Tibet. Once a part of Baltistan, shared strong economic and cultural ties with Tibet.
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