Ringmo is a traditional village in
Dolpo
Dolpo ( bo, དོལ་པོ ) is a high-altitude culturally Tibetan region in the upper part of the Dolpa District of western Nepal, bordered in the north by China.. Part of the region lies in Shey Phoksundo National Park. The sparse, agro ...
in the
Dolpa District
Dolpa District ( ne, डोल्पा जिल्ला), is a district, located in Karnali Province of Nepal, It is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and one of ten district of Karnali. The district, with Dunai as its district h ...
of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...
, with a seasonal population of about 200. The people are mostly of Tibetan ethnicity, are of the
Bönpo faith, and engage in trade, yak herding and tourism. It sits on the
landslide dam
A landslide dam or barrier lake is the natural damming of a river by some kind of landslide, such as a debris flow, rock avalanche or volcanic eruption. If the damming landslide is caused by an earthquake, it may also be called a quake lake. Some ...
that formed
Phoksundo Lake
Phoksundo Lake ( ne, फोक्सुण्डो, translit=Phoksuṇḍo, pronounced ) is an alpine fresh water oligotrophic lake in Nepal's Shey Phoksundo National Park, located at an elevation of in the Dolpa District. Phoksundo Lake is in ...
at about 3660 m (12,000 ft) above sea level. A Bön temple also named Ringmo can be found just outside the town, and the river that drains from Phoksundo plunges over an impressive 167 m (548 ft) waterfall about half a kilometer south of the village.
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Ringmo is the seat of the Phoksundo village development committee.
Gallery
File:Das Dorf Ringmo.jpg, The village of Ringmo
File:Blick auf Ringmo über den Phoksundo-See.jpg, Ringmo seen from Phoksundo Lake
File:Bön Gompa in Ringmo.jpg, Bön Gompa of Ringmo
File:Im Inneren des Bön Gompa in Ringmo.jpg, Inside the Bön Gompa of Ringmo
File:Tanzmasken im Bön Gompa in Ringmo.jpg, Dancing masks at the Bön Gompa of Ringmo
References
Populated places in Dolpa District
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