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General Information about Ladakh
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| Area |
Approximately 59,500 Sq. kilometers Net Area (originally about 97,000 sq. kms out of which about 37,400 sq. kms of the Aksai-chin plateau- are under Chinese occupation since 1962.) |
| Population |
Approx. 235,000 spread across the two districts of Leh & Kargil. |
| Languages |
Ladakhi (including its western variants- Balti & Purgi), Shina or Dardic & Urdu / Hindi. |
| Ethnic composition |
Mongoloid/Tibetan, Dardic and assorted Indo-Aryan elements. |
| Altitude |
Leh: 3505 M; Kargil: 2750 M |
| Temperature |
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Mean Max |
Mean Min. |
| Summer |
25 C |
8 C |
| Winter |
- 5 C |
- 15 C |
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| Rainfall |
6" average annual |
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