Padum

Padum is the main town and the administrative centre of the tehsil in , , India. Named after the Buddhist guru Padmasambhava, it was historically one of the two main capitals of the Zanskar Kingdom, the other being .
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  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: town in the Indian Himalayas
  • Postal code: 194302

Padum

Latitude
33.46914° or 33° 28′ 9″ north
Longitude
76.87818° or 76° 52′ 41″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
3,560 metres (11,680 feet)
Open location code
8J5RFV9H+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245773925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1260942
Wiki­data ID
Q1297208
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Ukrainian—“Padum” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “পাদুম”
  • Bulgarian: “Падам”
  • Cebuano: “Padam”
  • Chinese: “帕杜姆”
  • Dutch: “Padum”
  • French: “Padum”
  • German: “Padum”
  • Hindi: “पदम”
  • Irish: “Padum”
  • Japanese: “パドゥム”
  • Korean: “파둠”
  • Lithuanian: “Padumas”
  • Portuguese: “Padum”
  • Russian: “Падам”
  • Russian: “Падум”
  • Swedish: “Padam”
  • Tamil: “பதூம்”
  • Ukrainian: “Падам”

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