Demqog
Coordinates: 32 ° 36 ' N , 79 ° 24' E
Dêmqog or Demchok ( Chinese 典 角 村 , Pinyin Diǎnjué Cūn or 碟 穆 绰 克 , Diémùchuòkè ) is a village on the one hand in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China , in the municipality of Zhaxigang扎西 岗乡 in the Gar噶尔 县 district of the Ngari am administrative district Upper reaches of the Indus (Sênggê Zangbo), on the other hand in the Leh district in Ladakh , part of the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) runs through the town . The village has about 150 inhabitants. In the Chinese district there are only 2 houses as well as military facilities and a future marketplace.
dispute
Under international law, the village or its remnants is disputed between the Indian union territory of Ladakh and the Tibetan administrative district of Ngari. It was occupied by troops of the People's Liberation Army in 1962 during the Indo-Chinese War . Although the People's Republic of China still claims the entire Demchok Valley, only a small part of the area is under Chinese control (along the LAC). The Chinese district can only be reached from Tibet, from a side street of National Road 219 - one of the main reasons for the border war. Efforts are being made, however, to revive the old trade route through the valley as a conciliatory political gesture and to allow pilgrims and merchants to pass through to Tibet by adding a missing stretch of road to the LAC. According to Indian information, the Chinese stretch of road is in miserable condition. The road expansion on the Indian side was suddenly stopped by China in 2009 after it accused India of operating on Chinese territory, as the People's Republic finally claimed the entire valley.
New Demchok
About one kilometer north-west lies the Indian district of New Demchok , often Demchok called. There are 22 houses (out of a total of 24) on the Indian side of the LAC. It was largely rebuilt so that the valley dwellers would not be isolated from the rest of Indian territory.