Shey

Leh, the main capital of , , is on the Indus River Valley, at a crossroads of the old trading routes from , and .
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Photo: Kiran L Reddy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Village
  • …lies at an elevation of 3,232 metres (10,604 feet)
  • Description: village in Ladakh, India

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shey Monastery and Thikse Monastery.

Castle
Photo: Kmohankar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Gompa or the Shey Palace are complex…

Buddhist temple
Photo: Shashank Mehendale, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Thiksey Monastery or Thiksey Gompa is a Buddhist… is situated 3 km southeast of Shey.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chuchat Yakma and Thiksey.

Village
, also known as Chuchot Yokma, is a village in the Leh district of , India. is situated 3½ km west of Shey.

Village
Photo: Kiran Jonnalagadda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village and the headquarters of its… is situated 3½ km southeast of Shey.

Suburb
, also spelled Chuglamsar, is a census town… is situated 6 km northwest of Shey.

Shey

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Latitude
34.07134° or 34° 4′ 17″ north
Longitude
77.63972° or 77° 38′ 23″ east
Open location code
8J6V3JCQ+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 342116627
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
1256626
Wiki­data ID
Q427918

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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Shey” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Ше”
  • Burmese: “ရှေး”
  • Catalan: “Shey”
  • Cebuano: “She”
  • Czech: “Šej”
  • Dutch: “Shey”
  • French: “Shey”
  • German: “Shey”
  • Hindi: “शे”
  • Irish: “Shey”
  • Italian: “Shey”
  • Japanese: “シェイ”
  • Marathi: “शेय”
  • Panjabi: “ਸ਼ੇ”
  • Polish: “Shey”
  • Portuguese: “Shey”
  • Russian: “Ше”
  • Russian: “Шей”
  • Spanish: “Shey”
  • Swedish: “She”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ancient Stupas field and Shey Palace.

Ladakh: Highlights

Notable places include Leh and Kargil.

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