Chumar
Chumar
ཆུ་མུར་ Chumur | |
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Village | |
Interactive map of Chumar | |
Chumar Location in Ladakh, India Chumar Chumar (India) | |
| Coordinates: 32°40′09″N 78°35′43″E / 32.6693°N 78.5954°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Nyoma |
| Government | |
| • Type | Halqa Panchayat |
| Elevation | 5,100 m (16,700 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Ladakhi, Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Chumar or Chumur (Tibetan: ཆུ་མུར་, Wylie: chu mur) is a village located in south-eastern region of Ladakh, India and the centre of nomadic grazing. It is in Rupshu block, south of the Tso Moriri lake, on the bank of the Parang River (or Pare Chu), close to Ladakh's border with Tibet. Since 2012, China has disputed the border region situated to the south and southeast of Chumur village within the Chumur sector. However, the Chumur village itself is undisputed and remains in India.
Chumar is reachable from east (Hanle and Demchok), north/northwest (Tso Moriri, Karzok, Meroo, Ryul, and Leh), and west/southwest (Kiato, Kaza, Tabo, and Shimla) from the Meroo-Ryul-Hanle-Chumur-Karzok-Kiato road network (including the 125 km long Kiato-Karzok Road from Spiti Valley via Takling La Tunnel).