Dumchele
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Dumchele[lower-alpha 1] or Dhumtsele[5] (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 Skakjung pasture near the Line of Actual Control between Ladakh and Tibet, administered by China since October 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.[6][7] 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.
Dumchele
སྡུམ་མཚེས་ལེ་, 都木契列 Dhumtsele | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°04′34″N 79°10′08″E | |
Country | China (disputed by India) |
Region | Tibet |
Prefecture | Ngari |
County | Rutog |
Elevation | 4,100 m (13,500 ft) |
Dumchele | |||||||
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Chinese | 都木契列 | ||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Dōu mù qì liè | ||||||
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A river flows below the Chang La pass, collecting mountain streams from the north. A rich grazing ground is formed near the pass, called Kigunaru,[lower-alpha 2] and the river itself is called Kigunaru river (Chinese: 基古纳鲁河; pinyin: Jī gǔ nà lǔ hé). It is also called Shingong Lungpa.
Until 1962 India maintained a 'forward' post at Chang La, a day's march from Dumchele.[10][9] 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.[6]