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Thang, India

Thang is a town of 1,622 people in Ladakh, India.

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Population1,622 GeoNames
RegionLadakh
Elevation3,890 m 12,762 ft
Time zoneAsia/Kolkata
Nearest airportLeh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (IXL) 112 km

About Thang

Thang (also called Dhothang, Thanga Chathang) is a small Town in the Nubra district of Ladakh, India. It is in the historical Chorbat region of Baltistan, divided between India and Pakistan by the 1972 Line of Control. Thang is part of the Turtuk tehsil and the Turtuk community development block. It is twinned with the village of Frano, Gilgit-Baltistan.

From the Wikipedia article Thang, Ladakh (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting there and nearby towns

Leh Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport (IXL) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 112 km away.

  • Yougu 64 km northwest, about 1 h by car
  • Kargil 74 km southwest, about 1 h 15 min by car

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