Gartok

Gartok (Tibetan: སྒར་ཐོག, Wylie: sGar-thog), now called Garyarsa (Tibetan: sGar-dbyar-sa, "Place of the summer camp"; Wade–Giles romanization: Ka-erh-ya-sha), is a trade-market of Tibet, situated on the bank of the Indus on the road between Shigatse and Leh, to the east of Simla. At an elevation of 14,630 ft (4,460 m), it is located at the base of the Kailash Range; it was formerly the main town and summer capital of western Tibet, and its administrator was called the Garpon. The name means 'military camp.' Pop. (mid-1980s est.) fewer than 10,000.