Tinkar | |
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village | |
  Tinkar Location in Sudurpashchim Province  Tinkar Tinkar (Nepal) | |
| Coordinates: 30°08′08″N 80°59′05″E / 30.1355°N 80.9848°E | |
| Province | Sudurpashchim |
| District | Darchula |
| Rural Municipality | Byas |
| Highest elevation | 5,258 m (17,251 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 3,650 m (11,980 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+5:45 |
Tinkar is a village in the Byans Rural Municipality of Darchula District in the Sudurpashchim province of Nepal. It is named after the Tinkar Khola river, a tributary of the Mahakali River, which it joins near the village of Chhangru.
At the top of the Tinkar valley near the Tibet border is the Tinkar Pass (5,258 m), which provides a trading route for the Byansis of the region for the Tibetan trading centre Burang.[3][4][5] However, the Tinkaris are said to prefer the Lipulekh Pass across the border in Indian territory due to its higher volume.[6] Nepal has ongoing claims to the Lipulekh Pass, as part of the Kalapani territory.
- ^ Śreshṭha (2003), p. 243
- ^ Tinker transit point unguarded, The Himalayan Times, 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Valleys of Nepal's Northwestern Corner". www.ai.stanford.edu. April 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Tinkar Pass". Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- ^ "Api Best Camp, West Nepal" (PDF). Mountain Kingdoms Ltd. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
- ^ Strachey, Narrative of a Journey to Cho Lagan etc. (1848): "We met a smiling rosy-faced Tinker [resident of Tinkar] on the top of Nirpaniah, who ... informed me that his pass is not so easy as Lipu Lekh, and the snow on it more troublesome, because his village has but 5 or 6 Man (families) whose small traffic is insufficient to make a good beaten path."