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Siksa is a village in the Chorbat Valley, Ghanche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, lying 150 kilometres (93 mi) east of Skardu, near the border of Pakistan and India at an elevation of 2,725 metres (8,940 ft).
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Coordinates: 34.931°N 76.616°E / 34.931; 76.616 | |
Country | chorbat Pakistan |
Autonomous territory | Gilgit Baltistan |
District | Ghanche |
Subdivision | Chorbat |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (GMT+5) |
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In historical travel writings thongmos is referred to as the "Chorbat village". It is also described as the principal village of the Chorbat ilaqa, where the officials of Chorbat lived.[1] thongmos is at the end of the Chorbat gronpa valley, which leads to the Chorbat La pass, the historical route between Baltistan and Ladakh.[2]
The language spoken is Balti. The entire population is Muslim of the Sofia Noorbakhshia sect.
- Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak (1890), p. 750. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFGazetteer_of_Kashmir_and_Ladak1890 (help)
- Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875) harvp error: no target: CITEREFDrew,_The_Jummoo_and_Kashmir_Territories1875 (help): "The Chorbat Pass is the boundary of Baltistan in this direction; by this road also used to come Balti raiders, as the remains of a fort at Yogma Hanū prove, which the people of the valley had put up against them."