Kargil district

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  • District of India with 141,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 4,779 metres (15,679 feet)
  • …is also known as “Kargil”
  • …is abbreviated as “KRG”
  • Description: district of Ladakh, India

Kargil district

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Latitude
33.9666° or 33° 57′ 60″ north
Longitude
76.4845° or 76° 29′ 4″ east
Open location code
8J5RXF8M+JQ
Geo­Names ID
9748001
Wiki­data ID
Q1650798

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kargil district” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارجيل”
  • Arabic: “كارغل”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة كارغل”
  • Assamese: “কাৰ্গিল জিলা”
  • Asturian: “distritu de Kargil”
  • Asturian: “Kargil (distritu)”
  • Asturian: “Kargil”
  • Bengali: “কার্গিল জেলা”
  • Bhojpuri: “कारगिल जिला”
  • Bishnupriya: “কার্গিল”
  • Breton: “Bann Kargil”
  • Cebuano: “Kargil (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Kargil”
  • Chinese: “卡吉尔”
  • Chinese: “卡吉尔县”
  • Chinese: “卡基尔县”
  • Chinese: “卡基爾”
  • Chinese: “卡基爾縣”
  • Czech: “Kárgil”
  • Czech: “Okres Kárgil”
  • Dutch: “Kargil District”
  • Dutch: “Kargil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعه كارجل”
  • French: “district de Kargil”
  • French: “District de Kargil”
  • German: “Kargil”
  • Gujarati: “કારગિલ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “कारगिल ज़िला”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Kargil”
  • Indonesian: “Kargil”
  • Irish: “Ceantar Kargil”
  • Italian: “distretto di Kargil”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Kargil”
  • Japanese: “カールギル県”
  • Japanese: “カルギリ”
  • Japanese: “カルギル地区”
  • Kashmiri: “کرگِل ضِلہٕ”
  • Kashmiri: “کَرگِل ضِلہٕ”
  • Magahi: “कारगिल जिला”
  • Malayalam: “Kargil”
  • Malayalam: “കാർഗിൽ ജില്ല”
  • Marathi: “कारगिल जिल्हा”
  • Marathi: “कारगील”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kargil”
  • Nepali: “कारगिल जिल्ला”
  • Nepali: “कारगिल”
  • Newari: “कार्गिल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kargil”
  • Norwegian: “Kargil”
  • Persian: “بخش کارگل”
  • Portuguese: “Carguil”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de Kargil”
  • Portuguese: “Kargil”
  • Russian: “Каргил”
  • Russian: “Округ Каргил”
  • Sanskrit: “कार्गिलमण्डलम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱨᱜᱤᱞ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ”
  • Slovenian: “Kargil”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Kargil”
  • Swedish: “Kargil (distrikt)”
  • Swedish: “Kargil”
  • Tamil: “கார்கில் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “కార్గిల్ జిల్లా”
  • Urdu: “ضلع کارگل”
  • Vietnamese: “Kargil”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع کارگل”

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