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Kargil

Kargil

Kargil is a town in , . It's an important transit hub of Ladakh, with roads leading from here to , , and Padum in . One of the two capitals of Ladakh, and the capital of Kargil district, it is still a small town.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shilikchey.

Village
is a village in Kargil district of the Union territory of in . It is located 5 km away from the Kargil Town, on the right bank of the .

Kargil

Latitude
34.5593° or 34° 33′ 34″ north
Longitude
76.1256° or 76° 7′ 32″ east
Population
16,300
Elevation
2,686 metres (8,812 feet)
Open location code
8J6RH45G+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 245775021
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1267776
Wiki­data ID
Q2088176
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kargil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كارجيل”
  • Arabic: “كارغل”
  • Arabic: “كرغيل”
  • Armenian: “Կարգիլ”
  • Assamese: “কাৰগিল”
  • Assamese: “কাৰ্গিল”
  • Asturian: “Kargil”
  • Bengali: “কার্গিল”
  • Catalan: “Kargil”
  • Catalan: “Vall de Kargil”
  • Cebuano: “Kargil”
  • Chinese: “Kargil”
  • Chinese: “卡尔吉尔”
  • Chinese: “卡爾吉爾”
  • Czech: “Kárgil”
  • Dutch: “Kargil”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كارجل”
  • Finnish: “Kargil”
  • French: “Kargil”
  • Georgian: “კარგილი”
  • German: “Kargil”
  • Greek: “Κάργκιλ”
  • Gujarati: “કારગિલ”
  • Hindi: “करगिल”
  • Hindi: “कारगिल”
  • Irish: “Kargil”
  • Italian: “Kargil”
  • Japanese: “カールギル”
  • Japanese: “カルギル”
  • Japanese: “カルギル地区”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾರ್ಗಿಲ್”
  • Kashmiri: “کارگل”
  • Kashmiri: “کرگِل”
  • Kashmiri: “کَرگِل”
  • Korean: “카르길”
  • Lithuanian: “Kargilis”
  • Malagasy: “Kargil”
  • Malay: “Kargil”
  • Malayalam: “കാർഗിൽ”
  • Marathi: “कारगिल”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kargil”
  • Nepali: “कारगिल”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਾਰਗਿਲ”
  • Persian: “کارگل”
  • Polish: “Kargil”
  • Portuguese: “Cargil”
  • Portuguese: “Kargil”
  • Pushto: “کارګېل”
  • Russian: “Каргил”
  • Sanskrit: “कार्गिलनगरम्”
  • Santali: “ᱠᱟᱨᱜᱤᱞ”
  • Slovenian: “Kargil”
  • Spanish: “Kargil”
  • Swedish: “Kargil”
  • Tamil: “கார்கில்”
  • Telugu: “కార్గిల్”
  • Ukrainian: “Каргіл”
  • Urdu: “کارگل”
  • Urdu: “کرگل”
  • Western Panjabi: “کارگل”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kargil”. Photo: Soumya-8974, CC BY 2.0.