Demchok
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village
- Description: village-level division in Ngari Prefecture, China
- Also known as: “Demchok, Ngari Prefecture”, “Dêmqog”, “Dêmqog, Dianjiao”, and “Tien-chiao”
Places in the Area
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Demchok
Village
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.
Demchok
- Categories: village of the People’s Republic of China and locality
- Location: Tibet, Southwest China, China, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
32.69489° or 32° 41′ 42″ northLongitude
79.4593° or 79° 27′ 34″ eastElevation
4,240 metres (13,911 feet)Open location code
8J4XMFV5+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 991642048OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Demchok” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Dianjiao”
- Chinese: “Diǎn jiǎo cūn”
- Chinese: “典角”
- Chinese: “典角村”
- Chinese: “碟穆绰克”
- Dutch: “Dêmqog”
- Gan Chinese: “典角村”
- German: “Dêmqog”
- German: “Diemuchuoke”
- Persian: “دمکوگ، استان انگاری”
- Swedish: “Dianjiao”
- Tibetan: “Dêmqog”
- Wu Chinese: “典角村”
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