Zanskar

Zanskar, Zahar or Zangskar, is the southwestern region of in the Indian union territory of . The administrative centre of Zanskar is .
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,547 metres
  • Description: Tehsil of Kargil district, Ladakh, India
  • Also known as: Sa-ssu-k’a-erh Shan”, “Sa-ssu-K’a-erh Shan”, “Zanskar Range”, “Zanskar tehsil”, “Zāskār Mountains”, and “Zāskār Range

Zanskar

Latitude
33.25° or 33° 15′ north
Longitude
77.6667° or 77° 40′ east
Elevation
4,547 metres (14,918 feet)
Open location code
8J5V7M28+2M
Geo­Names ID
1252683
Wiki­data ID
Q147011
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Panjabi—“Zanskar” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: Zanskar
  • Chinese: 藏斯卡
  • Czech: Zanskar
  • Dutch: Zanskar
  • Finnish: Zanskar
  • French: Zanskar
  • German: Zanskar
  • Hebrew: זנסקר
  • Hindi: ज़ंस्कार
  • Hindi: ज़ांस्कर
  • Hungarian: Zanszkár
  • Italian: Zanskar
  • Japanese: ザンスカール
  • Kannada: ಜ಼ನ್‍ಸ್ಕಾರ್
  • Kashmiri: زَنٛسکار
  • Lithuanian: Zanskaras
  • Macedonian: Занскар
  • Polish: Zanskar
  • Portuguese: Zang-skar
  • Portuguese: Zangskar
  • Portuguese: Zanskar
  • Russian: Занскар
  • Slovenian: Zanskar
  • Spanish: Zanskar
  • Tamil: சன்ஸ்கார்
  • Ukrainian: Занскар
  • Urdu: زنسکار
  • Urdu: زَنگسَکار
  • Uzbek: Zaskar
  • Western Panjabi: زنسکر

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