Kargil

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  • Type: district of India with 141,000 residents
  • Description: district of Ladakh, India
  • Also known as: Kargil district

Kargil

Latitude
33.9666° or 33° 57′ 60″ north
Longitude
76.4845° or 76° 29′ 4″ east
Population
141,000
Elevation
4,779 metres (15,679 feet)
Abbreviation
“KRG”
Open location code
8J5RXF8M+JQ
Geo­Names ID
9748001
Wiki­data ID
Q1650798
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kargil” 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: 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
  • 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
  • कारगिल जिला

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