Skiu-Kaya
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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.
{{cite web
| url = https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Hemis+National+Park/@33.7448967,77.041626,10z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xf74ea9833e5618e2!8m2!3d33.7563151!4d77.2833252
| 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}}