Nimo, Ladakh
Nimo or Nyemo (Tibetan: སྙེ་མོ་, Wylie: snye mo) is a village and the headquarters of an eponymous community development block in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, 35 km from Leh.
Nimo
སྙེ་མོ་ Nyemo, Nimmoo, Nimu, Nimmu, Snymoo | |
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Nimo Location in Ladakh, India Nimo Nimo (India) | |
| Coordinates: 34.1951812°N 77.335314°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Ladakh |
| District | Leh |
| Tehsil | Leh |
| Elevation | 3,140 m (10,300 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,134 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Ladakhi, Hindi, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| 2011 census code | 852 |
Nimoo is a stop for all the river rafting groups and is the main starting point for the annually held all-India river rafting expedition on the Indus River.
The temperature here varies from 40 °C in summer to −29 °C in winter. Due to such a harsh climate and extreme weather conditions, this area has very little vegetation cover (as seen in the picture on the right). It has a hydroelectric power plant known as the Nimu-Bazgo dam.
Magnet Hill is a gravity defying road 7.5 km southeast of Nimoo.
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