Hemis Tourism, Jammu & Kashmir India
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Hemis Fast Facts
- State: Jammu & Kashmir
- District: Leh
- Famous for/as: Pilgrim, Wildlife
- Altitude: 3,300 to 6,000 m
- Language: Ladakhi, Urdu
- Best Season: Jun - Nov
- Weather: Summer 15 to 25°C, Winter -30 to 0°C
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- Pincode: 194201
- STDCode: 194201
Hemis Info
Chief Executive Officer, LAHDC, Leh. Ph: 01982-252010.
The Assistant Director of Tourism, Leh. Cell: 09419179021 or 01982-252297, 252094, 251843
Hemis, India Overview
Hemis National Park (or Hemis High Altitude National Park) is a high altitude national park in the eastern Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India. It is the only national park in India north of the Himalayas, the largest notified protected area in India (and thus the largest national park of India), and is the second largest contiguous protected area after the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve and surrounding protected areas. The park is home to a number of species of endangered mammals including the snow leopard. Hemis National Park is India's only protected area inside the Palearctic ecozone, outside the Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary northeast of Hemis, and the proposed Tso Lhamo Cold Desert Conservation Area in North Sikkim.
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Hemis, India History
The park was initially founded in 1981 by protecting the Rumbak and Markha catchments, an area of about 600 km2 (230 sq mi). It grew in 1988 to around 3,350 km2 (1,290 sq mi), by incorporating neighboring lands. It increased again in 1990 to 4,400 km2 (1,700 sq mi), and is presently the largest national park in South Asia.