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Ladakh

American  
[luh-dahk] / ləˈdɑk /

noun

  1. a region in Jammu and Kashmir, India, on the borders of China (Tibet) and Pakistan. 45,762 sq. mi. (118,524 sq. km).


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They argued that more autonomy for Ladakh would help prevent exploitation of natural resources.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

During the winter of 2025, Acres of Ice and the local government ran 10 AIR projects across Ladakh.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

"Because traditional water systems are failing, Leh-Ladakh has become a hub for innovative, grassroots hydraulic engineering," says Murtaza Ali, executive engineer in the Irrigation and Flood Control Division, at the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council.

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

India on Saturday ended the preventive detention of prominent Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, freeing him six months after he was held over protests in the Himalayan region.

From Barron's Mar. 14, 2026

TWO hundred miles north of Chini, on the blue shale of Ladakh, lies Yankling Sahib, the merry-minded man, spy-glassing wrathfully across the ridges for some sign of his pet tracker—a man from Ao-chung.

From Kim by Rudyard Kipling

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