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Country
  
District
  
Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Population
  
400 (2014)

State
  
Jammu and Kashmir

Named for
  
Zangla fort

Elevation
  
3,931 m

Zangla

Weather
  
-12°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 67% Humidity

Zangla is a place in Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district, in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located 32 km from Padum. The town is the nodal point on the popular Padum-Strongdey-Zangla-Karsha-Padum round trip. An old monastry, Known as Zangla Monastery is located on a hill top right side to village at a distance of one km belief of 11th century.

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Map of Zangla 194302

The budhist monastry is enclosing some impressive paintings.

Geography

Zangla is located at 33.67°N 76.98°E / 33.67; 76.98, and has an average elevation of 3,931 metres (12,897 feet).

References

Zangla Wikipedia


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