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| གྲོ་ལ | |
  Cho La | |
| Elevation | 4,593 m (15,069 ft)[1] |
| Location | Sikkim,India –Tibet,China |
| Range | Himalaya |
| Coordinates | 27°25′22″N88°48′04″E / 27.4227728°N 88.8011808°E /27.4227728; 88.8011808 |
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| Chinese | 卓拉山口 | ||||||
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Cho La orCho-la (Tibetan:གྲོ་ལ,Wylie:gro la) is amountain pass in theChola range of theHimalayas. It connects the Indianstate ofSikkim withChina'sTibet Autonomous Region. It is situated around four miles to the north-west ofNathu La.[2]
Cho La used to be the main mountain pass between Sikkim and theChumbi Valley (Yadong County),[3][4][5]connecting the Sikkimese capital ofTumlong with theChumbi town. Towards the end of the 19th century, theBritish developedJelep La, and laterNathu La, as they were accessible from British India, and Cho La fell into relative disuse.
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The Cho La pass was in regular used by the Sikkim royal family, which had a summer palace at Chumbi and used to spend summers there. The road between Tumlong and Chumbi via Cho La was kept in good condition. The route was also the main trading route between Sikkim and Tibet.[4][6]
The first Europeans to visit the Chola Pass wereArchibald Campbell (Darjeeling superintendent) andJoseph Dalton Hooker (botanist) in 1849, who attempted to travel to Chumbi in order to visit the Dewan who was staying there. Sikkim had an agreement with Tibet not to allow foreigners into the Tibetan territory. The two men were arrested at the Chola Pass and detained for several weeks. Sikkim had to face retribution from the British Raj for the insult caused.[7][8]
The Cho La pass was one of the sites of the 1967Nathu La and Cho La clashes between China and India, which concluded with Chinese withdrawal from both theNathu La and Cho La passes.[9]
On the Indian side, there is a fair-weather mountain road linking the pass toChanggu on the Nathu-la road.[10] On the Chinese side, there is aborder outpost at 4,783 metres (15,692 ft)above sea level. Road to the outpost was repaved in 2016.[11]
Cho La is part of theBharat Ranbhoomi Darshan initiative of the Indian Military which will boost border tourism, patriotism, local infrastructure and economy while reversing civilian outward migration from these remote locations, it entails 77 battleground war memorials in border area including theLongewala War Memorial,Sadhewala War Memorial,[12]Siachen base camp,Kargil,Galwan,Pangong Tso,Rezang La,Doklam,Bum La,Kibithu, etc.[13]
Only 4x4. Impassable from October to June.
今年初，西藏军区启动卓拉哨所公路专项整治工程，历经半年多时间，哨所公路整治工程顺利完工。
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