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Parigas (other)
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Parigas may refer to: Places * Parigas region, Chinese name for the disputed Demchok sector in India and China ** Parigas, Chinese name for Demchok, Ladakh (the Indian administered part of the region) See also *Demchok (other) Demchok may refer to: Places * Charding Nullah or Lhari stream and Demchok River, a trans-boundary river between India and China ** Demchok sector, a disputed territory divided between India and China, dissected by the river ** Demchok (historical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demchok Sector
The Demchok sector is a disputed area named after the villages of Demchok, Ladakh, Demchok in Ladakh and Demchok, Ngari Prefecture, Demchok in Tibet, situated near the confluence of the Charding Nullah and Indus River. It is a part of the greater Sino-Indian border dispute between China and India. Both China and India claim the disputed region, with a Line of Actual Control between the two nations situated along the Charding Nullah. The Charding Nullah was mentioned by the name "Lhari stream" in a treaty between the Kingdom of Ladakh and the Ganden Phodrang government of Tibet in 1684 and stated as the boundary between the two regions. British surveys placed the border in 1847 between the Jammu and Kashmir (princely state), princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet under Qing rule, Qing Tibet on the stream, while British maps from 1868 onwards placed the border downstream and west of Demchok (historical village), Demchok. After independence in 1947, India claimed the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demchok, Ladakh
Demchok (), KNAB Place Name Database, retrieved 27 July 2021. previously called New Demchok, and called Parigas () by the Chinese, is a village and military encampment in the Indian-administered Demchok sector, that is disputed between India and China. It is administered as part of the Nyoma tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh by India, and claimed by China as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) passes along the southeast side of the village, along the Charding Nullah (also called Demchok River and Lhari stream) which joins the Indus River near the village. Across the stream, less than a kilometre away, is a Chinese-administered Demchok, Ngari Prefecture, Demchok village.
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