Jomsom

Jomsom is a village in the mountains of . It is the capital of the Mustang district of the Dhawalagiri zone of Nepal. The town is a popular starting/ending point for treks along the Kali Gandaki River valley as well as up to Muktinath on the Jomsom-Muktinath Trek.
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  • Type: Village with 1,370 residents
  • Description: town in Mustang District, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Dzongsam” and “New Fort”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jomsom Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.
is a domestic airport located in Jomsom serving Mustang District, a district in in . It serves as the gateway to Mustang District that includes Jomsom, Kagbeni, , and Lo Manthang, and temple, which is a popular pilgrimage for Nepalis and Indian pilgrims.

Jomsom

Latitude
28.7838° or 28° 47′ 2″ north
Longitude
83.7305° or 83° 43′ 50″ east
Population
1,370
Elevation
2,800 metres (9,186 feet)
IATA airport code
JMO
United Nations Location Code
NP JMO
Open location code
7MW5QPMJ+G5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 346662028
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
7910491
Wiki­data ID
Q1702717
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Urdu—“Jomsom” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Ջոմսոմ”
  • Asturian: “Jomsom”
  • Bengali: “জোমসাম”
  • Catalan: “Jomsom”
  • Cebuano: “Jomsom (conseho sa kaayuhan sa balangay)”
  • Cebuano: “Jomsom”
  • Chinese: “喬姆森”
  • Dotyali: “जोमसोम”
  • Dutch: “Jomsom”
  • French: “Jomosom”
  • French: “Jomoson”
  • French: “Jomsom”
  • German: “Jomosom”
  • German: “Jomsom”
  • Hindi: “जोमसोम”
  • Italian: “Jomsom”
  • Japanese: “ジョムソム”
  • Japanese: “ジョムソン”
  • Japanese: “ジョンソム”
  • Lithuanian: “Džomsomas”
  • Maithili: “जोमसोम”
  • Malay: “Jomsom”
  • Nepali: “जोमसोम”
  • Newari: “जोमसोम”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jomsom”
  • Norwegian: “Jomsom”
  • Polish: “Jomsom”
  • Portuguese: “Jomsom”
  • Russian: “Джомсом”
  • Swedish: “Jomsom”
  • Urdu: “جومسوم”

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