Nimo, Ladakh

Nimo
སྙེ་མོ་
Nyemo, Nimmoo, Nimu, Nimmu, Snymoo
A view of Nimo in Leh district, Ladakh, India
A view of Nimo in Leh district, Ladakh, India
Nimo is located in Ladakh
Nimo
Nimo
Location in Ladakh, India
Nimo is located in India
Nimo
Nimo
Nimo (India)
Coordinates: 34°11′43″N 77°20′07″E / 34.1951812°N 77.335314°E / 34.1951812; 77.335314
Country India
Union TerritoryLadakh
DistrictLeh
TehsilLeh[1]
Elevation
3,140 m (10,300 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,134
Languages
 • OfficialLadakhi, Hindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
2011 census code852
Sign for Nimmu Village, Ladakh

Nimo[a] or Nyemo[2] (Tibetan: སྙེ་མོ་, Wylie: snye mo) is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous community development block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[3] It is located in the Leh tehsil, 35 km from Leh.

Nimoo is a stop for all the river rafting groups and is the main starting point for the annually held all-India river rafting expedition on the Indus River.
The temperature here varies from 40 °C in summer to −29 °C in winter. Due to such a harsh climate and extreme weather conditions, this area has very little vegetation cover (as seen in the picture on the right). It has a hydroelectric power plant known as the Nimu-Bazgo dam.[4]

Magnet Hill is a gravity defying road[5][6] 7.5 km southeast of Nimoo.

  1. ^ "Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
  2. ^ Bray, John (2008). "A study in continuity and change". In Martijn van Beek; Fernanda Pirie (eds.). Modern Ladakh: Anthropological Perspectives on Continuity and Change. BRILL. p. 61. ISBN 978-90-474-4334-6. OCLC 1002398795.
  3. ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Strategically Located Nimu, Which Proved Its Worth during Kargil War, Has a New Identity after PM's Visit". 3 July 2020.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference magnet1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference magnet2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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