Chamoli is a district of Uttaranchal state of India. It is bounded by the Tibet region of China to the north, and by the Uttaranchal districts of Pithoragarh and Bageshwar to the east, Almora to the south, Garhwal to the southwest, Rudraprayag to the west, and Uttarkashi to the northwest. The administrative headquarters of the district is Gopeshwar. Uttaranchal (à¤à¤¤à¥à¤¤à¤°à¤¾à¤à¤à¤²) became the 27th state of the Republic of India on November 9, 2000. ... Tibet (older spelling Thibet; Tibetan: à½à½¼à½à¼, Bod, pronounced pö in Lhasa dialect; Chinese: 西è, pinyin: XÄ«zà ng or èåº Zà ngqÅ« [the two names are used with different connotations; see Names section below]) is a region in Central Asia and the home of the Tibetan people. ... Pithoragarh is a Himalayan town in Pithoragarh District of Uttaranchal state of India. ... Bageshwar is a town in Uttaranchal state of northern India. ... Almora is the cultural and geographic centre the Kumaun region, approximately 80km north of the railhead at Kathgodam. ... Garhwal, or Gurwal, is a region and administrative division of Uttaranchal state, India, lying in the Himalayas. ...
The district is largely inhabited by Tibetans of the Bhotiya ethnic group who adhere to Hinduism. Tibetan can refer to: A place or item from Tibet. ... The bhotiyas, also known as the (shaukas),,lived in the trans-Himalayan region that divides India from Tibet. ... This article is about the Hindu religion; for other meanings of the word, see Hindu (disambiguation). ...