Dras
Kargil, the second capital of Ladakh, India, is the region's important transit hub, with roads leading from here to Leh, Srinagar, and Padum in Zanskar.
- Type: Town
- Description: human settlement in Kargil district, Ladakh, India
- Also known as: “Drās” and “Drass”
Dras
- Categories: Municipal Corporation (India) and locality
- Location: Drass, Kargil district, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.42927° or 34° 25′ 45″ north
Longitude
75.75076° or 75° 45′ 3″ east
Elevation
3,090 metres (10,138 feet)
Open location code
8J6QCQH2+P8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Dras” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دراس”
- Assamese: “দ্ৰাস”
- Asturian: “Dras”
- Bengali: “দ্রাস”
- Chinese: “德拉斯”
- Dutch: “Dras”
- Egyptian Arabic: “دراس”
- French: “Dras”
- German: “Dras”
- Hindi: “द्रास”
- Japanese: “ドラス”
- Kannada: “ದ್ರಾಸ್”
- Kashmiri: “دراس”
- Kashmiri: “درٛاس”
- Korean: “드라스”
- Malayalam: “ദ്രാസ്”
- Marathi: “द्रास”
- Persian: “دراس”
- Persian: “دره دراس”
- Portuguese: “Dras”
- Russian: “Драс”
- Slovenian: “Dras”
- Spanish: “Dras”
- Tamil: “திராஸ்”
- Telugu: “ద్రాస్”
- Telugu: “హుమాస్”
- Telugu: “హేమ్-బాబ్స్”
- Thai: “ดราส”
- Urdu: “دراس”
- Venetian: “Dras”
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