Suspol, Leh

Suspol, also spelled Saspol, is a village and eponymous tehsil headquarter in the Leh district of in . Saspol village is home to Saspol Caves. The interior walls of some of these caves are decorated with unique 15th century CE wall paintings.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 1,210 residents
  • Description: village in Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Also known as: “Saspol” and “Saspul”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alchi Monastery and Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Plant.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Drmaliktariq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
or Alchi Gompa is a Tibetan Buddhist monastery, known more as a monastic complex of temples in village in the Leh District, under the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council of the Union Territory of , India. is situated 3 km south of Suspol, Leh.

Dam
Photo: Mehrajmir13, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Nimoo Bazgo Power Project is a run-of-the-river power project on the situated at Alchi village, 75 kilometres from in the Union Territory of . is situated 4 km southeast of Suspol, Leh.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alchi.

Photo: Drmaliktariq, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village between and in , . It sites beside the Indus River and its main attraction is the fabulous Gompa or Buddhist monastic complex.

Suspol, Leh

Latitude
34.24661° or 34° 14′ 48″ north
Longitude
77.16397° or 77° 9′ 50″ east
Population
1,210
Open location code
8J6V65W7+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10568943460
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­residential
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Wiki­data ID
Q24912779
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Suspol, Leh” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Suspol, Leh”
  • Dutch: “Suspol, Leh”
  • Hindi: “ससपोल”
  • Hindi: “सस्पोल”
  • Ladin: “Suspol (Leh)”
  • Ladin: “Suspol”
  • Telugu: “సూస్పాల్”
  • Urdu: “سسپول، لہ”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Saspol Caves and Petroglyph park.

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