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تھونگموس | |
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Village | |
| Shyok River passing thongmos Shyok River passing thongmos | |
  thongmos thongmos in Gilgit-Baltistan | |
| Coordinates: 34°55′52″N 76°36′58″E / 34.931°N 76.616°E | |
| Country | chorbat Pakistan |
| Autonomous territory |  Gilgit Baltistan |
| District | Ghanche |
| Subdivision | Chorbat |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (GMT+5) |
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).
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.
- ^ Drew, The Jummoo and Kashmir Territories (1875): "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."