It is a union territory adjoining the Jammu and Kashmir province of northern India, which was separated from Jammu and Kashmir on 5 August 2019, which is between the Karakoram Mountains in the north and the Himalaya Mountains in the south. It is one of the sparsely populated parts of Nepal.
Ladakh is a union territory with an area of 97,776 square kilometres.
There are 2 districts in Ladakh.
It is bordered by China in the north and Tibet in the east. It is of great importance from the strategic point of view due to its border position. Ladakh comes in the mountain range of the north-western Himalayas, where most of the land is uncultivable. The highest peaks are Godwin Austin (K2, 8,611 m) and Gasherbroom I (8,068 m). The climate here is extremely dry and harsh. Annual rainfall is 3.2 inches and annual mean temperature is 5 degree C. Is. Rivers flow only a few times a day, the rest of the time the snow freezes. Indus is the main river. The capital and major city of the district is Leh, in the north of which lies the Karakoram mountain and the pass. Most of the population is nomadic, whose nature, culture and lifestyle are influenced by Tibet and Nepal. Most of the people in the eastern part are Buddhists and in the western part most of the people are Muslims. Hemis Gompa is the largest religious institution of the Buddhists.
