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Nyagzu ནགས་བཙུགས
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Coordinates: 34°00′31″N 78°54′19″E / 34.0087°N 78.9052°E / 34.0087; 78.9052
Country	China
Region	Tibet
Prefecture	Ngari Prefecture
County	Rutog
Elevation	4,620 m (15,160 ft)

Nyagzu or Nagzug (Tibetan: ནགས་བཙུགས, Wylie: nags btsugs, THL: nak tsuk) is a pasture and campground in the Chumesang river valley to the north of Pangong Lake. It is in territory disputed between India and China, that has been under Chinese administration since 1960–1961.

Nyagzu lies at the confluence of a stream called Ruang Yogma with the Chumesang river, and was known to have ample vegetation amidst a barren landscape. Multiple sources during the British colonial administration mentioned Nyagzu and the Ruang Yogma stream being the border between Ladakh and Tibet in this region. The Chinese claim line in 1956 can also be seen to follow this border. However, by 1960, China enlarged its claims much further west, and opened posts at Nyagzu and at the nearby spot of Dambu Guru.

See also

• List of locations in Aksai Chin

Notes

1. Alternative spelling: Niagzu, and "Niazi".
2. Alternative spellings: "Rawang Yogma".

References

1. Woodman, Himalayan Frontiers (1969), pp. 61–62.
2. Mullik, The Chinese Betrayal (1971), pp. 199–200. sfnp error: no target: CITEREFMullik,_The_Chinese_Betrayal1971 (help)
3. Ngari Prefecture, KNAB Place Name Database, retrieved 18 May 2022.
4. Trotter, Account of the Pundit's Journey (1877), p. 89.
5. Trotter, Account of the Pundit's Journey (1877), p. 89: "At Niagzu, Rawang is the boundary between Tibet and Ladakh; the right bank of the stream belongs to the latter and the left bank to the former.".
6. Wellby, Through Unknown Tibet (1898), pp. 56–57: "At this stage we had come nearly forty-five miles from Ludhkong , and this was Niagzu, a place well worthy of note, for it neither lies in Ladakh nor in Tibet. We had thus reached the border of the land we were anxious to traverse .".
7. Sinha & Athale, History of the Conflict with China (1992), p. 57: "The claim line then took slightly south-westerly direction and passed Kongka La and Dambuguru and then on along the International Border to Khurnak Fort.".
8. Sinha & Athale, History of the Conflict with China (1992), p. 60.
9. Ramachandran, Dimensions of Sino-Indian Relations (1981), p. 31.

Bibliography

• Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1890 – via archive.org
• Godwin-Austen, H. H. (1867). "Notes on the Pangong Lake District of Ladakh, from a Journal Made during a Survey in 1863". Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. 37: 343–363. doi:10.2307/1798534. JSTOR 1798534.
• Hedin, Sven (1907), Scientific Results of a Journey in Central Asia, 1899–1902, Vol. IV: Central and West Tibet, Stockholm: Lithographic Institute of the General Staff of the Swedish Army – via archive.org
• Kaul, Hriday Nath (2003). India China Boundary in Kashmir. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-212-0826-0.
• Ramachandran, K. N. (20 June 1981), "Dimensions of Sino-Indian Relations", Mainstream Weekly
• Sinha, P.B.; Athale, A.A. (1992), Prasad, S. N. (ed.), History of the Conflict with China, 1962 (PDF), History Division, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
• Strachey, Henry (1854), Physical Geography of Western Tibet, London: William Clows and Sons – via archive.org
• Trotter, H. (1877), "Account of the Pundit's Journey in Great Tibet from Leh in Ladakh to Lhasa, and of his Return io India via Assam", The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 47: 86– – via archive.org
• Ward, A. E. (1896), The Tourist's and Sportsman's guide to Kashmir and Ladak, Thaker, Spink & Co – via archive.org
• Wellby, Montagu Sinclair (1898), Through Unknown Tibet, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company – via archive.org
• Woodman, Dorothy (1969), Himalayan Frontiers: A Political Review of British, Chinese, Indian, and Russian Rivalries, Praeger – via archive.org

• Borders of Ladakh
• Rutog County