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- human settlement
- Country
- India
- Located in
- Kargil district
- Elevation
- 3931
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left|thumb|Zangla Khar (Fort) Zangla is a village in Zanskar tehsil of Kargil district, in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located southeast of Kargil city, the district headquarters, and northeast of Padum, the headquarters of Zanskar. An ancient ruined palace, known as Zangla Fort or Zangla Khar is located on a hilltop outside the village, believed to be 11th-century. The Buddhist nunnery in Zangla contains some impressive paintings.
==Geography== Zangla is located at on the right bank of the Zanskar River, and has an average elevation of .
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Zangla” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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