Skiu-Kaya

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| subdivision_name2 = Leh

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| postal_code = 194101{{cite web|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Skiu+194104/@33.9799245,77.2646464,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x38fd8313330bf02f:0x986dd7ac72e92325!8m2!3d33.9802502!4d77.2667362?hl=en&authuser=0|title=Skiu-Kaya (Google Maps)|work=Google Maps|accessdate=28 March 2020}}

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Skiu (also Sku and Skyu) and Kaya (elev. 3500 m) are adjacent villages in the Markha River valley in Ladakh, India.

{{cite map

|author = Partha S Banerjee

|title = Ladakh and Zanskar Trekking Map

|year = 2016

|scale = 1:175,000

|series = Milestone Himalayan Series

|publisher = Milestone Books

|location = Kolkata

|language = English

|isbn = 978-81-903270-9-1

}} The villages contain 11 and 12 households, respectively; the boundary between the villages is not clearly defined.Himalayan Homestay Treks map. Published by Snow Leopard Conservancy India and on sale in Leh, Ladakh. (Contact information: Ibex Hotel Complex, Fort Road, Leh, Ladakh, India. Tel 01982-250953. www.himalayan-homestays.com.) They lie within the Hemis National Park.

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| title = Hemis National Park on Google Maps

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| access-date = 2016-10-28}}

Wheat and vegetables are cultivated by villagers, who also harvest wild seabuckthorn berries.

Skiu and Kaya each have a Buddhist monastery (gompa). The monastery at Skiu was constructed in the 11th century; Rinchen Zangpo laid its foundation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/jenfromalaska/3906713871/|title = Skiu monastery|date = 3 September 2009}}

See also

References

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Category:Villages in Leh tehsil

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