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Dumchele
Dumchele or Dhumtsele (Chinese: 都木契列; pinyin: Dōu mù qì liè, Tibetan: སྡུམ་མཚེས་ལེ་, Wylie: sdum mtshes le, THL: dum tsé lé) is a village and a grazing area in the Skakjung pastureland, which runs along the right bank of Indus river from China-administered Dumchele and Tsoskar Lake in south to India-administered Dungti-Loma in north, near the Line of Actual Control between Ladakh and Tibet. Dumchele and the area around it have been under Chinese administration since 1962 but claimed by India. The locale is in the disputed Demchok sector, about 50 kilometers northwest from Demchok and 50 kilometers southeast of Chushul. It lies on a historic trade route between Ladakh and Rutog, with an erstwhile border pass at Chang La or Shingong La (Chinese: 新贡拉; pinyin: Xīn gòng lā) to the southeast of Dumchele.
To the west of the Chang La pass, flows the Kigunaru river (Chinese: 基古纳鲁河; pinyin: Jī gǔ nà lǔ hé) forming a rich grazing ground that is also called Kigunaru. Another name for the river is Shingong Lungpa. In recent decades, some of the waters of the Kigunaru river have been flowing towards Dumchele and gathering into a endorheic lake.
Until 1962 India maintained a 'forward' post at Chang La, a day's march from Dumchele. In the 1962 war, China attacked the post and forced India to withdraw from the entire Kigunaru river basin. At the present time, China maintains a border trading market at Dumchele and a military post nearby.
Dumchele is at present an ancient trading village for cross-border trade in Chinese-administered part of the northern Demchok sector. It is on the right bank of Indus River, north of Koyul Ridge and Kigunaru River.
Traditionally, the region was a grazing area. The Indus valley here is about four miles wide, and sandy with a thin layer of grass. That, coupled with the fact that there is no snow here in winter, makes it a most important winter grazing area for the Changpa nomads. The Ladakhis call this area Skakjung (or Kokzhung).
The present Dumchele village is on the bank of a mid-sized lake, which is apparently fed by a strand of the Kigunaru River (or Shingong Lungpa). The river flows down from the mountains of the Kailash Range, which forms the eastern watershed of the Indus Valley. The river passes by the Chang La pass, where it makes a 90 degree bend, and flows west through a gap in the Kailash Range into the Indus valley. Afterwards, it gets "divided by an island", with a strand flowing straight, and another flowing north parallel to the Indus river. The north-flowing strand gathers into the Dumchele lake, which appears to be endorheic. The formation of the lake appears to be a recent phenomenon as it is not shown on any maps prior to 1960.
To the west of Dumchele is an older, more natural lake called Tsoskur, also called Tsoskar Lake (see map-3). The Line of Actual Control between the Indian and Chinese-administered parts in this sector runs between the two lakes.
The Dumchele plain lies along an ancient trade route between Lahaul and Rudok, which is known at least since the 17th century. The Ladakhis also used this route on occasion, even though their main route was via Chushul (called the "Junglam").
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Dumchele
Dumchele or Dhumtsele (Chinese: 都木契列; pinyin: Dōu mù qì liè, Tibetan: སྡུམ་མཚེས་ལེ་, Wylie: sdum mtshes le, THL: dum tsé lé) is a village and a grazing area in the Skakjung pastureland, which runs along the right bank of Indus river from China-administered Dumchele and Tsoskar Lake in south to India-administered Dungti-Loma in north, near the Line of Actual Control between Ladakh and Tibet. Dumchele and the area around it have been under Chinese administration since 1962 but claimed by India. The locale is in the disputed Demchok sector, about 50 kilometers northwest from Demchok and 50 kilometers southeast of Chushul. It lies on a historic trade route between Ladakh and Rutog, with an erstwhile border pass at Chang La or Shingong La (Chinese: 新贡拉; pinyin: Xīn gòng lā) to the southeast of Dumchele.
To the west of the Chang La pass, flows the Kigunaru river (Chinese: 基古纳鲁河; pinyin: Jī gǔ nà lǔ hé) forming a rich grazing ground that is also called Kigunaru. Another name for the river is Shingong Lungpa. In recent decades, some of the waters of the Kigunaru river have been flowing towards Dumchele and gathering into a endorheic lake.
Until 1962 India maintained a 'forward' post at Chang La, a day's march from Dumchele. In the 1962 war, China attacked the post and forced India to withdraw from the entire Kigunaru river basin. At the present time, China maintains a border trading market at Dumchele and a military post nearby.
Dumchele is at present an ancient trading village for cross-border trade in Chinese-administered part of the northern Demchok sector. It is on the right bank of Indus River, north of Koyul Ridge and Kigunaru River.
Traditionally, the region was a grazing area. The Indus valley here is about four miles wide, and sandy with a thin layer of grass. That, coupled with the fact that there is no snow here in winter, makes it a most important winter grazing area for the Changpa nomads. The Ladakhis call this area Skakjung (or Kokzhung).
The present Dumchele village is on the bank of a mid-sized lake, which is apparently fed by a strand of the Kigunaru River (or Shingong Lungpa). The river flows down from the mountains of the Kailash Range, which forms the eastern watershed of the Indus Valley. The river passes by the Chang La pass, where it makes a 90 degree bend, and flows west through a gap in the Kailash Range into the Indus valley. Afterwards, it gets "divided by an island", with a strand flowing straight, and another flowing north parallel to the Indus river. The north-flowing strand gathers into the Dumchele lake, which appears to be endorheic. The formation of the lake appears to be a recent phenomenon as it is not shown on any maps prior to 1960.
To the west of Dumchele is an older, more natural lake called Tsoskur, also called Tsoskar Lake (see map-3). The Line of Actual Control between the Indian and Chinese-administered parts in this sector runs between the two lakes.
The Dumchele plain lies along an ancient trade route between Lahaul and Rudok, which is known at least since the 17th century. The Ladakhis also used this route on occasion, even though their main route was via Chushul (called the "Junglam").