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Leh

Leh is the main town of Ladakh in northern India, at about 3,500 m in the upper Indus valley. It was the capital of the Namgyal kings of Ladakh from the 17th century and a staging post on trade routes linking Kashmir, Tibet and Central Asia, and it is overlooked by Leh Palace. Today it is the joint capital of the union territory of Ladakh.

Leh
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