Lahaul and Spiti district
Lahaul and Spiti district | |
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Bhaga valley in Lahaul (top); Spiti valley near Losar (bottom) | |
Location in Himachal Pradesh | |
| Coordinates (Keylong): 32°30′N 77°36′E / 32.500°N 77.600°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Himachal Pradesh |
| Headquarters | Keylong |
| Government | |
| • Vidhan Sabha constituencies | 01 |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,833 km2 (5,341 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 31,564 |
| • Density | 2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi) |
| • Urban | None |
| Demographics | |
| • Literacy | 86.97% (male), 66.5% (female) |
| • Sex ratio | 916 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | HP-41, HP-42, HP-43 |
| Major highways | one (Manali-Leh National Highway) |
| Average annual precipitation | Scanty rainfall |
| Website | https://hplahaulspiti.gov.in |
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The Lahaul and Spiti district is a high-altitude district in Himachal Pradesh, north India. This entirely mountainous district consists of two geographically distinct as well as formerly separate political-administrative units, called Lahaul (Tibetan: གར་ཞ་, Wylie: gar zha) and Spiti (Tibetan: སྤི་ཏི་, Wylie: spi ti; or Tibetan: སྤྱི་ཏི, Wylie: spyi ti). Lahaul and Spiti is the largest district by area in Himachal Pradesh, and one of the least populous districts in the whole of India. Kyelang (also spelled as 'Keylong') in Lahaul is the headquarters of the whole district, while Spiti also has a subdivisional headquarters, at Kaza.