Dêmqog, Ngari Prefecture

32.679.4Koordinaten: 32 ° 36 'N, 79 ° 24' O

Dêmqog or Demchok (Ch典 角 村or碟 穆 绰 克Diemuchuoke ) is a village on the one hand in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the municipality Zhaxigang扎西 岗乡in a circle Gar噶尔 县the governmental district of Ngari in the upper reaches of the Indus ( Sengge Zangbo River ), on the other hand, in the district of Leh in Ladakh, part of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Through the village runs the Line of Actual Control ( LAC). The village has about 150 inhabitants. In the Chinese district are only 2 houses as well as military installations and a future marketplace.

Dispute

Under international law, the village or its remnants between the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and the Tibetan government Ngari is controversial. It was occupied in 1962 during the Indo- Chinese War of troops of the People's Liberation Army. Although the People's Republic of China still claims the entire Demchok Valley, only a small part of the site is under Chinese control (along the LAC). The Chinese district is only from Tibet, from a side street off the National Road 219 - to reach - one of the main reasons for the border war. However, there are efforts to revive the old trade route through the valley as a conciliatory gesture and political pilgrims and merchants to permit Consistently to Tibet by a missing piece of road is to be supplemented at the LAC. According to Indian specifications, the Chinese stretch of road was in a miserable state. The road development on the Indian side but was suddenly stopped by 2009 China after it had accused India to act on Chinese territory since the People's Republic eventually claimed the entire valley.

New Demchok

About one kilometers north- west is the Indian district of New Demchok, often just called Demchok. It involves 22 houses (of 24 ), which lie on the Indian side of the LAC. It was largely created, so that the valley people would not be isolated from the rest of Indian territory.