Wangtu
Wangtu is a town situated in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India, its geographical coordinates are and its original name is Wangtu. The nearest airport is in Shimla, which is approximately 200 km from Wangtu.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant and Nathpa Jhakri Dam.
Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant
Power station
The Karcham Wangtoo Hydroelectric Plant is a 1,091 megawatts run-of-the-river hydroelectric power station on the Sutlej River in Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh state of India.
Nathpa Jhakri Dam
Dam
The Nathpa Jhakri Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej river in Rampur Bushahr, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India. The primary purpose of the dam is hydroelectric power production and it supplies a 1,500 megawatts underground power station with water. Nathpa Jhakri Dam is situated 3 km northwest of Wangtu.
Wangtu
- Type: Village
- Description: human settlement in India
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Nichar, Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.54822° or 31° 32′ 54″ northLongitude
78.00525° or 78° 0′ 19″ eastElevation
1,695 metres (5,561 feet)Open location code
8J3WG2X4+73OpenStreetMap ID
node 8623883404OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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