Sonamarg
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Sonamarg or Sonmarg (), known as Sonamarag (; ) in Kashmiri, is a hill station located in the Ganderbal District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located about 62 kilometers from Ganderbal Town and northeast of the capital city, Srinagar. thumb|View of Sonamarg Valley
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- Locality
- Sonamarg
- Region
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Country
- India
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
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- Sonamarg
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- Sonamarag
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- Kashmiri
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- Sonmarg
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- Hill station
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- Sonmarg rishav7336.jpg
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- Northern Sonamarg photographed in 2017
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- 250px
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- India Jammu and Kashmir#India
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- right
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- Location map of Sonamarg in India
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- Country
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- Union territory
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- Jammu and Kashmir
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- District
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- Ganderbal
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- 2730
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Sonamarg or Sonmarg (), known as Sonamarag (; ) in Kashmiri, is a hill station located in the Ganderbal District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located about 62 kilometers from Ganderbal Town and northeast of the capital city, Srinagar. thumb|View of Sonamarg Valley
==History== Sonamarg had historical significance as a gateway on the ancient Silk Road, connecting Kashmir with Tibet. Today, the hill station is a popular tourist destination amongst fishers and hikers, and following the Kargil War with neighbouring Pakistan in 1999, it serves as a strategically important point for the Indian Army.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sonamarg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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