Kargil district

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Kargil district is a mountainous administrative region in the Union Territory of Ladakh in northern India, known for its strategic location near the Line of Control and its culturally diverse, predominantly Muslim population.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kargil district canonical 17
Kargil 6
Kargil region 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
mountainous region
administrativeHeadquarters Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
border Anantnag district
Bandipora district
linked to: Bandipora

Ganderbal district
Ghanche District
Leh district
linked to: Leh

Line of Control
Pakistan-administered territories
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan

Skardu District
climate cold desert climate
containsTown Dras
Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
containsValley Dras Valley
Suru Valley
country India
culturalCharacteristic culturally diverse
governedBy Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil
hasCapital Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
hasFeature high-altitude passes
narrow valleys
steep mountains
hasOfficialLanguage Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasSpokenLanguage Balti
Ladakhi
Purgi
Shina
knownFor Kargil War
mountainous terrain
strategic location
locatedIn Ladakh
Union Territory of Ladakh
linked to: Ladakh

northern India
locatedInMountainRange Himalayas
Zanskar Range
majorityCommunity Shia Muslims
linked to: Shia Islam
partOf Ladakh division
linked to: Ladakh
partOfFormerEntity Jammu and Kashmir state
linked to: Jammu and Kashmir
populationMajorityReligion Islam
religiousDemography predominantly Muslim
strategicImportance border security
military
timeZone Indian Standard Time
traversedByRiver Dras River
Suru River
utcOffset +05:30

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Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shina spokenIn Kargil district
Ladakh winterCapital Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
Ladakh contains Kargil district
Zanskar River flowsThrough Kargil district
Operation Vijay (1999) location Kargil district
Kargil War locatedIn Kargil district
Zanskar Range locatedInRegion Kargil district
Shina people significantPopulationIn Kargil district
Kargil district hasCapital Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
Kargil district administrativeHeadquarters Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
Kargil district containsTown Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
Shinaki ethnicGroupIn Kargil district
Magnetic Hill nearbyCity Kargil
linked to: Kargil district
Purgi spokenIn Kargil district
Purgi region Kargil region
linked to: Kargil district
Purgi geographicDistribution Drass region
linked to: Kargil district
Zoji La locatedInDistrict Kargil district
Srinagar–Leh Highway passesThrough Kargil
subject linked to: Srinagar-Leh Highway
linked to: Kargil district
Srinagar–Leh Highway passesThrough Kargil district
subject linked to: Srinagar-Leh Highway
Balti people diaspora Kargil district
Purgi language spokenIn Kargil district
Purgi language region Kargil region
linked to: Kargil district
Balti language spokenIn Kargil district
XIV Corps areaOfResponsibility Kargil sector
linked to: Kargil district
Zanskar Valley administrativeTerritory Kargil district
Padum locatedIn Kargil district