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LEH – A Popular Hill Station

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About LEH

Currently the second-largest district in the whole country of India after the Kutch district in the state of Gujarat, Leh was formerly the capital town of the Himalayan Kingdom of Ladakh.

Standing at a height of around 3,500 meters, Leh is a popular hill station and a renowned place of tourist attraction in the country. The languages spoken in this area are English, Urdu, as well as Ladakhi.

Historically, Ladakh used to serve as the main trade route between Tibet, Kashmir, as well as China through the Indus Valley.

As of today, it is well connected via roads to the popular town of Srinagar and also the popular hill station of Manali. According to the census of 2001, the population of Leh is a little over 27,513 people and the literacy rate here is 75%.

The place experiences a cool desert climate that has quite intense winters from the months of October to March every year. The temperature in this region ranges between -42 degrees Celsius to 33 degrees Celsius.

The place’s elevation point makes it worthy of growing not more than one-two crops every year and the water for the agriculture here comes from the Indus River. The main crop grown in the region is Grim—that is naked barley.

leh-lakeImage Source: gemtravels.com

The tourism sector in this region is fast growing as the records say that in the year 2010, the place witnessed 77,800 tourists and those numbers have only multiplied exponentially in the last six years. A lot of migration of both residents and tourists too has taken place form the Kashmir Valley to Ladakh, boosting the place’s economy.

List of tourist attraction points in Leh:

  • Shanti Stupa
  • Ladakh Marathon
  • Leh Palace
  • Hemis Gompha
  • War Museum
  • Leh Trekking Trails
  • Chamba Temple
  • Jama Masjid
  • Jo Khang Gompa
  • Gurudwara Pathar Sahib
  • Khardongla
  • Sankar Gompa
  • Turtuk
  • Siachen Glacier
  • Ti-suru
  • Sand Dunes Nubra
  • Alchi Monastery
  • Tsomoriri Lake
  • Hunder Valley
  • Stok Palace
  • Pangong Lake
  • Magnetic Hill
  • The Victory Tower
  • Zorawar Fort
  • Namgyal Tsemo Gompa

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