Meenamarg

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{{distinguish|text=Minimarg, Pakistan administered village in Gilgit Baltistan}}

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| name = Meenamarg

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| nickname = The Gateway to Ladakh

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| image_caption = Dras

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}

| subdivision_type1 = Union Territory

| subdivision_name1 = Ladakh

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Kargil

| subdivision_type3 = Tehsil

| subdivision_name3 = Dras{{Cite web|url=https://kargil.nic.in/revenue-villages/|title=Revenue Villages | District Kargil, Union Territory of Ladakh | India}}

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| unit_pref = Metric

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| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=54RgJ6FgMl0C&pg=PA226 |title=Cold Deserts of India |last=Singh Negi |first=Sharad |publisher=Indus Publishing |year=2002 |isbn=8173871272 |page=226 |language=en}}

| elevation_m = 3300

| population_total = 1,988

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| demographics_type1 = Languages

| demographics1_title1 = Official

| demographics1_info1 = Hindi, Balti, Shina

| timezone1 = IST

| utc_offset1 = +5:30

| postal_code_type = PIN

| postal_code = 194102

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| website = {{URL|http://kargil.gov.in/}}

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Meenmarg is one the entry points in Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir in India.{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/ladakh-announces-free-covid-19-vaccine-to-all-from-may-1-101619467999787.html|title=Ladakh announces free Covid-19 vaccine to all from May 1|date=27 April 2021}} It is just east of Zoji La Pass. Meenamarg lies on the National Highway 1 between Srinagar and Leh.{{cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/50bedded-quarantine-centre-screening-post-set-up-on-srinagarleh-nh-in-kargil/1788838|title=50-bedded quarantine centre; screening post set up on Srinagar-Leh NH in Kargil}} A full-fledged COVID-19 screening post was established in Meenimarg in 2020.{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/undeterred-by-coronavirus-ioc-rolls-out-worlds-largest-supply-mission-for-ladakh/articleshow/75016643.cms|title=Undeterred by coronavirus, IOC rolls out world's largest supply mission for Ladakh|newspaper=The Times of India |date=7 April 2020 }}

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