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1874 map of Demchok area by Frederic Drew

Skakjung or Kokzhung is 45–kilometer long pasture land along the Indus River valley in Southern Ladakh. It is traditionally used by

nomad A nomad is a member of a community without fixed habitation who regularly moves to and from the same areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the po ...

s of nearby villages such as

Chushul Chushul is a village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. It is located in the Durbuk tehsil, in the area known as "Chushul Valley", south of the Pangong Lake and west of the Spanggur Lake. The Line of Actual Control with China runs about 5 m ...

and

Nyoma Nyoma is a principal village of southern Ladakh in India, the headquarters of an eponymous subdivision, tehsil and community development block in the Leh district.Rupshu Rupshu is a high elevation plateau and valley and an eponymous community development block in southeast Ladakh. Description Frederic Drew describes the Rupshu valley as follows: Drew states that the valleys of Rupshu continue beyond the Tso ...

. The Skakung pasture land can be used year-round because it rarely snows in the Indus Valley. : "The hills are almost naked and only down below, at the foot, is there a grassy cover which, despite its scantiness, is used by nomadic cattle raisers the year round – thanks to the snowless winter." According to Ladakhi Indian diplomat Phunchok Stobdan, Skakjung went from being an Indian-administered area until the mid-1980s to a completely Chinese-administered area by 2008.

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