Ladakh (English spelling)

Japanese: ラダク（英語表記）Ladakh

It is a region that is centered on the eastern part of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in northwest India, and extends over the southeastern part of Azad Kashmir on the Pakistani side west of the Indo-Pakistani ceasefire line, and the northeastern edge of the Aksai Chin Plateau, which has been under Chinese administration since the 1962 Sino-Indian border conflict (not recognized by India). It has an area of 118,500 km2. It is a mountainous region with four mountain ranges running from northwest to southeast: Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, and Greater Himalayas. The Indus River valley, which is located between them, is at an altitude of 2,500 to 4,500 meters.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド北西部のジャンムー･カシミール州東部地方を中心に，インド･パキスタン休戦ライン以西のパキスタン側のアーザード･カシミール南東部，および1962年の中印国境紛争以後，中国管理下(インドはこれを認めていない)にあるアクサイ･チン高原などの北東端部にまたがる地方。面積11万8500km2。北からカラコルム，ラダク，ザスカル，大ヒマラヤの4山脈が北西から南東に走る山岳地帯で，その間に介在するインダス川源流部の河谷でも標高2500～4500mの高所にある。

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