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[s. 409] : The capital of the Ladakh province, Kashmir, India, situated about 5 miles from the Indus River and 160 miles east of Srinagar. It is a commercial center for trade between Punjab and Tibet on one hand and Chinese Turkestan on the other. It is also a market for Turkestan shawl wool. Altitude, 11,530 feet. Population, about 4,000. Station of the Moravian Mi ions (1885), with (1903) 3 mi ionaries and their wives, 1 woman mi ionary, 1 outstation, 2 places of worship, 2 Sunday schools, 3 day schools, 1 printing pre , 1 dispensary, 1 hospital, and 17 profe ed Christians. LEIDENBURG. See Lydenbubg. LEIPZIG EVANGELICAL MISSIONARY SOCIETY. See Germany; Mi ionary Societies in. 409