Phobrang is a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fina ...

in the Indian union territory of

Ladakh Ladakh () is a region administered by India as a union territory which constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947. (subscription required) Quote: "Jammu and ...

. It is near

Lukung Lukung is a village located on the banks of Pangong Tso, near Line of Actual Control in the Leh District, Ladakh. Location Lukung is located 142 km east of Leh and is known as Gateway to Pangong Tso. It's elevation is . Gallery File:Tan ...

on the way the Indo-China border at the

Hot Springs A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

. It is the last village of Ladakh in this direction, at an elevation of . Phobrang is in the

Leh district Leh district is a district in the union territory of Ladakh, India. With an area of 45,110 ''km'2'', it is the second largest district in the country smaller only to Kutch. It is bounded on the north by Gilgit-Baltistan's Kharmang and Gha ...

, Durbuk tehsil. It is the headquarters of a Halqa Panchahat (village administration), which covers the entire

Pangong Tso Pangong Tso or Pangong Lake (; ; hi, text=पैंगोंग झील) is an endorheic lake spanning eastern Ladakh and West Tibet situated at an elevation of . It is long and divided into five sublakes, called ''Pangong Tso'', ''Tso ...

region of Ladakh till

Man Pangong Man Pangong is a village in the Leh district of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, near the Pangong Tso lake. Demographics According to the 2011 census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th I ...

. Phobrang was apparently lightly populated in the 19th century, but, at present, there is a small residential area, along with numerous semi-nomadic camping grounds, grazing grounds and farmlands, situated in an alluvial plain watered by a river flowing from the north. There is a Green Himalayas project under way to convert Phobrang to an eco-tourism site. The 84 km-long Marsimik La Road from

passes through Phobrang. There is also a 40 km-long road from Phobrang to Chartse on the north bank of Pangong Tso.Phobrang to Chartse
OpenStreetMap, retrieved 4 June 2022. Both these roads are meant for mainly military use.

References

Villages in Durbuk tehsil {{Ladakh-geo-stub