Kargil is among the most important and prominent districts of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a part of the greater area of Ladakh. It became a separate district in the year of 1979 after being bifurcated from the district of Leh.
The district of Kargil is located at a distance of 205 km away from the city of Srinagar, the state capital. The Kargil district is situated between seventy five to seventy seven East longitude and thirty to thirty five degrees North latitude.
The neighboring countries of the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir are Pakistan in the Northwest, Himachal Pradesh in the South, the Leh district in the East and the districts of Srinagar, Baramullah and Doda in the Southwest.
This district of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir consists of four high level natural valleys. The valleys of Kargil are the Upper Sindh Valley or the Kanji Valley, the Indus Valley, the Drass Valley and the Suru Valley. The Kargil district comprises of 129 villages apart from the Kargil town. Out of these 127 are habited while two remain inhabited.
The whole district of Kargil is almost devoid of natural vegetation due to the desert type of climate. But the climate here is milder than that in Leh. It is full of rocky mountains and is snowcapped. The only crop that is grown here is wheat. Irrigation is provided through the channels formed by the melting of glaciers.
The district of Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir is inhabited by various scheduled tribes of the region.
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