Ladakh
region administered by India as a union territory
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Summary
Ladakh is an union territory of India[1]. Ladakh draws 14,599 Wikipedia views per month (union territory of india category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: India[3]
- Country: India[4]
- Head of state: Radha Krishna Mathur[5]
- Capital: Leh[6], Kargil[7]
- Official language: Hindi[8], English[9]
- Shares border with: Jammu and Kashmir[10], Himachal Pradesh[11]
- Follows: Jammu and Kashmir[12]
- Part of: Indian-administered Kashmir[13]
- Commons category: Ladakh[14]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:30[15]
- Inception: October 31, 2019[16]
- Official website: https://ladakh.nic.in/[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Ladakh[18]
- Commons gallery: Ladakh[19]
- Population: 274,289[20]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22]
- Category for people born here: Q112614433[23]
- Category for people who died here: Q32373310[24]
- Native label: लद्दाख़[25], لداخ[26]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Ladakh[27]
- Area: 59,196 km²[28]
- Geography of topic: geography of Ladakh[29]
- Language used: Ladakhi[30], Balti[31]
- Vocalized name: لَدَّاخ[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[33]
Why It Matters
Ladakh has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Ladakh is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]