Kargil
Kargil, the second capital of Ladakh, India, is the region's important transit hub, with roads leading from here to Leh, Srinagar, and Padum in Zanskar.
- Town with about 16,300 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,680 metres (8,780 feet)
- Description: city in the Indian union territory of Ladakh
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shilikchey.
Shilikchey
Village
Shilikchey is a village in Kargil district of the Union territory of Ladakh in India.
Kargil
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Latitude
34.5593° or 34° 33′ 34″ north
Longitude
76.1256° or 76° 7′ 32″ east
Open location code
8J6RH45G+P6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kargil” goes by many names.
كارجيلArabic
كارغلArabic
كرغيلArabic
ԿարգիլArmenian
কাৰ্গিলAssamese
KargilAsturian
KargilBasque
কার্গিলBengali
KargilCatalan
Vall de KargilCatalan
KargilCebuano
卡基尔Chinese
卡尔吉尔Chinese
卡爾吉爾Chinese
KárgilCzech
KargilDutch
कारगिलHindi
KargilIrish
KargilItalian
カールギルJapanese
カルギルJapanese
カルギル地区Japanese
ಕಾರ್ಗಿಲ್Kannada
کارگلKashmiri
کَرگِلKashmiri
카르길Korean
KargilisLithuanian
कारगिलMagahi
KargilMalagasy
KargilMalay
കാർഗിൽMalayalam
कारगिलMarathi
KargilMin Nan Chinese
कारगिलNepali
ਕਾਰਗਿਲPanjabi
کارگلPersian
KargilPolish
کارګېلPushto
КаргилRussian
कार्गिलनगरम्Sanskrit
ᱠᱟᱨᱜᱤᱞSantali
KargilSlovenian
KargilSwedish
கார்கில்Tamil
కార్గిల్Telugu
ಕಾರ್ಗಿಲ್Tulu
КаргілUkrainian
کارگلUrdu
کرگلUrdu
کارگلWestern Panjabi
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