Demchok
Demchok, previously called New Demchok, and called Parigas by the Chinese, is a village and military encampment in the Indian-administered Demchok sector, that is disputed between India and China.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Ladakh, India
- Also known as: “Barrigas”, “Demchhog”, “Demchok, Ladakh”, “Diémùchuōké”, “Pa-li-chia-ssu”, “Parigas”, “Tieh-mu-ch’o-k’o”, and “Tieh-mu-ch’o-k’o-tsung”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Demchok.
Demchok
Village
Demchok, is a Chinese-administered village in the Zhaxigang Township, Ngari Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China. India disputes the status and claims it as part of the Demchok sector that it regards as part of Ladakh.
Demchok
- Categories: village in India and locality
- Location: Nyoma, Leh district, Ladakh, Himalayan North, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.70408° or 32° 42′ 15″ northLongitude
79.44674° or 79° 26′ 48″ eastElevation
4,256 metres (13,963 feet)Open location code
8J4XPC3W+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 991641981OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Russian—“Demchok” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Demchok”
- Chinese: “Bālǐ jiā sī”
- Chinese: “巴里加斯”
- Chinese: “碟木绰克”
- Dutch: “Demchok”
- German: “Demchok”
- Gujarati: “ડેમચોક”
- Hindi: “डेमचोक”
- Hindi: “देमचोक”
- Japanese: “デムチョク”
- Kannada: “ಡೆಮ್ಚಾಕ್”
- Panjabi: “ਡੇਮਚੋਕ, ਲੱਦਾਖ”
- Polish: “Demchok”
- Russian: “Демчок”
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