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in the north. Several tributaries drain into the river from both the sides, with the
Sumkyil Chu being one of the last. The Sumkyil Chu valley is well-populated with several farming villages dotting the valley. After the junction with Sumkyil Chu, the Pare Chu river flows southwest and enters Indian
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between China and India in 1960, the Indian delegates presented evidence of the region being under
Ladakhi control during the reign of
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822:, pp. 55–56: "Thus in Spiti, it is clear, that the boundary ran along the villages of Khyuri , Shaktolb and Chooret.".
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stream flows through a wide enough valley to support several farming villages along its course, including Manja (
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Report of the
Officials of the Governments of India and the People's Republic of China on the Boundary Question
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The region of the Tsosib
Sumkyil Township is entirely mountainous, with the western parts belonging to the
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The borders shown are those of the Large Scale
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river. China has ongoing border disputes with India for the southwestern border of the region near
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The region appears to have become part of Tibet sometime before Ladakh came under the control of
616:). The reference to Sumkyil in the name of the township could also to the entire Sumkyil valley.
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The township is named after two villages, both of which appear to have two native names.
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687:, Gue (Gyu), Shaktot, Tsurup, Sumkyil, Kharak and Bargyok (Berchok).
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643:. The Pare Chu river flows between the two, entering the region from
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International Boundaries (LSIB), Europe and Asia, 2012
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It is learnt that a good part of the township used to part of
749:, EarthWorks, Stanford University, retrieved 2 August 2022.
819:
760:"Geographical names of Tibet AR (China): Ngari prefecture"
873:, London: William Clows and Sons – via archive.org
807:
777:
Strachey, Physical
Geography of Western Tibet (1854)
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836:India, Ministry of External Affairs, ed. (1962),
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683:). Mentioned in the records were the villages of
668:kingdoms till the early 18th century. During the
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8:
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889:
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18:
397:just before the river enters the Indian
739:
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639:and the eastern parts belonging to the
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146:
102:
67:
60:Location within Tibet Autonomous Region
33:
16:Place in Tibet Autonomous Region, China
619:The historical name of the region was
47:
648:territory between Tsosib and Kaurik.
393:) is a border village on the bank of
263:) is the westernmost township of the
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162:
151:
134:
122:
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7:
275:region of China. It borders India's
870:Physical Geography of Western Tibet
704:List of towns and villages in Tibet
14:
820:Kaul, India China Boundary (2003)
299:and an upstream tributary of the
967:
660:, which was in turn part of the
46:
39:
850:India China Boundary in Kashmir
678:
291:. The region is watered by the
808:Report of the Officials (1962)
791:Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak
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594:
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203:Map 1: Tsosib Sumkyil Township
1:
307:and the northern border near
29:Churup Sumkhel, Chulusongjie
842:, Government of India Press
1203:
847:Kaul, Hriday Nath (2003),
295:river, a tributary of the
1187:Populated places in Tibet
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853:, Gyan Publishing House,
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585:
567:
480:
456:
370:
330:
244:
216:
68:
34:
867:Strachey, Henry (1854),
764:KNAB Place Name Database
724:Office of the Geographer
25:
912:Ngari Prefecture, Tibet
118:Tibet Autonomous Region
225:tsho srib gsum dkyil
535:32.1467°N 78.7766°E
530: /
421:32.1131°N 78.7114°E
416: /
166:Major Nationalities
84: /
977:Towns and villages
217:ཚོ་སྲིབ་གསུམ་དཀྱིལ
153: • Total
26:ཚོ་སྲིབ་གསུམ་དཀྱིལ
1169:
1168:
1161:Tholing Monastery
1130:Lumajangdong Lake
860:978-81-212-0826-0
253:su ru gsum 'khyil
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88:32.100°N 78.700°E
1194:
1182:Ngari Prefecture
1145:Zhari Nanmu Lake
971:
922:-level divisions
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417:
414:
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412:
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372:
332:
281:Himachal Pradesh
269:Ngari Prefecture
246:
245:སུ་རུ་གསུམ་འཁྱིལ
233:tso sip sum kyil
218:
184:Tibetan language
179:Regional dialect
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637:Zanskar Range
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1125:Longmu Lake
1120:Guozha Lake
1105:Bangda Lake
580:), Tuntun (
560:Sumkyil Chu
538: /
489:gsum 'khyil
424: /
297:Spiti River
283:as well as
91: /
1176:Categories
1110:Bangong Co
734:References
544: (
525:78°46′36″E
522:32°08′48″N
481:གསུམ་འཁྱིལ
465:gsum dkyil
457:གསུམ་དཀྱིལ
430: (
411:78°42′41″E
408:32°06′47″N
401:district (
287:region in
279:region in
148:Population
125:Prefecture
1154:Landmarks
1115:Dawa Lake
1098:Geography
1079:Tsaparang
1069:Shiquanhe
1034:Gyungcang
779:, p. 13:.
631:Geography
497:sum khyil
339:tsho srib
191:Time zone
1140:Tong Tso
698:See also
473:sum kyil
395:Pare Chu
293:Pare Chu
1135:Orba Co
1074:Tholing
1044:Langmar
1039:Jaggang
1029:Gormain
1024:Gongqên
949:Gê'gyai
726:, 2012.
662:Zanskar
652:History
613:Ā zī rè
600:Chinese
595:Dùn duī
582:Chinese
577:Màn zhā
564:Chinese
546:Sumkyil
477:Tibetan
453:Tibetan
449:Sumkhel
445:Sumkyil
367:Tibetan
347:tso sip
331:ཚོ་སྲིབ
327:Tibetan
267:in the
241:Tibetan
213:Tibetan
171:Tibetan
104:Country
79:78°42′E
1084:Wüjang
1059:Risong
1049:Minsar
1014:Dêmqog
999:Burang
929:Burang
920:County
857:
692:Dogras
685:Kaurik
666:Ladakh
645:Rupshu
621:Tsotso
610::
608:pinyin
602::
592::
590:pinyin
584::
574::
572:pinyin
566::
513:Sonjie
509:Somgyi
505:Sumgyi
501:Sumkyi
432:Tsosib
391:Tsurup
363:Churup
351:Tsosip
323:Tsosib
309:Chumar
305:Kaurik
301:Sutlej
289:Ladakh
285:Rupshu
137:County
114:Region
76:32°6′N
1064:Rutog
1019:Dêrub
1009:Coqên
1004:Camco
984:Alhar
959:Zanda
954:Gêrzê
944:Rutog
934:Coqên
710:Notes
658:Spiti
625:Tocho
623:, or
485:Wylie
461:Wylie
399:Spiti
387:su ru
379:su ru
375:Wylie
371:སུ་རུ
361:) or
359:Cosip
355:Cosib
335:Wylie
277:Spiti
273:Tibet
249:Wylie
235:) or
221:Wylie
142:Zanda
130:Ngari
108:China
1089:Zoco
1054:Rayü
994:Asog
855:ISBN
664:and
558:The
511:and
357:and
315:Name
989:Ali
939:Gar
604:阿孜热
555:).
493:THL
475:or
469:THL
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