Durbuk
Rdo-khug, Hdor-khug Darbuk | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Durbuk Location in Ladakh  Durbuk Durbuk (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34°07′14″N 78°06′12″E / 34.1206°N 78.1034°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Durbuk[1] |
| Elevation | 3,800 m (12,500 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 852 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 873 |
Durbuk or Darbuk,[a] is a village and the headquarters of the eponymous subdivision and block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India.[6][7] It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, and falls between Chang La mountain pass and Tangste village on the way to Pangong Tso Lake.
Darbok is a strategic location as the 255 km long Darbuk–Shyok–DBO Road in the north, connects it to the Shyok village village 16 km away and beyond to Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) military post on the China border.[8][9]
- ^ "Villages | District Leh, Union Territory of Ladakh | India".
- ^ a b Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak (1890), p. 311.
- ^ a b Moorcroft & Trebeck, Travels in the Himalayan Provinces, Vol. 1 (1841), p. 433.
- ^ Godwin-Austen, Notes on the Pangong Lake District (1867), p. 344.
- ^ Francke, Antiquities of Indian Tibet, Part 2 (1926), pp. 136, 137.
- ^ "Blockwise Village Amenity Directory" (PDF). Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council 2014–15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018.
- ^ Leh subdivision-blocks.
- ^ India completes vital Ladakh road, The Tribune, 23 April 2019.
- ^ India working on two roads in Ladakh amid border row, Hindustan Times, 9 July 2020.
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