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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Cho La
| photo =
| photo_caption =
| elevation_m = 4593
| elevation_ref =<ref>{{cite web|title=Introduction to Sikkim's Physiography|url=http://www.sbbsikkim.nic.in/sikkim_physiography.html|website=Sikkim Biodiversity Board|accessdate=29 August 2015}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
| traversed =
| location = [[India]] ([[Sikkim]]) – [[China]] ([[Tibet Autonomous Region]])
| range = [[Himalaya]]
| map= India Sikkim
| map_caption = Location in Sikkim
| label = Cho La
| label_position = bottom
| coords = {{coord|27.4227728|N|88.8011808|E|type:pass|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| topo =
}}
{{chinese
|c=卓拉山口
|p=zhuō lā shānkǒu
|l=''Cho Pass'' in [[Standard Tibetan|Tibetan]]<ref name="toi-1">{{cite news|last = Pradhan|first = Keshav|title = In the good ol' days of Nathu-la|work = [[Times of India]], [[Mumbai]]|page = 10|publisher = [[Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.]]|date = 6 July 2006}}</ref>
}}
'''Cho La''' or '''Cho-la''' ({{CJKV|c=卓拉山口}}) is a [[mountain pass]] in the [[Chola range]] of the [[Himalayas]]. It connects the Indian [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Sikkim]] with [[People's Republic of China|China's]] [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. It is situated around four miles to the north-west of [[Nathu La]].<ref name=bajpai>{{cite book|last1=Bajpai|first1=G. S.|title=China's shadow over Sikkim : the politics of intimidation|date=1999|publisher=Lancer Publ.|location=New Delhi [u.a.]|isbn=9781897829523|page=193|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EB2l6dr_JlwC|accessdate=29 August 2015}}</ref>

The pass was the scene of a [[Nathu La and Cho La clashes|clash between Chinese and Indian troops on 1 October 1967]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Sikkim, Red China Clash Renewed|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1734&dat=19671002&id=124cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QlEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5919,2643124&hl=en|page=5|accessdate=29 August 2015|work=[[The Dispatch (Lexington)]]|date=2 October 1967}}</ref>

The road is inaccessible during the colder half of the year.<ref name="dang_ChoL">{{Cite web
| title = Cho La
| author =
| work = dangerousroads.org
| date =
| accessdate = 2017-02-01
| url = http://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/china/6384-cho-la.html
| quote = Only 4x4. Impassable from October to June.
}}</ref> On the Chinese side, there is a border guard outpost at {{convert|4783|m|ft}} [[metres above sea level|above sea level]]. Road to the outpost was repaved in 2016.<ref name="81.c_公路修到">{{Cite web
| title = 公路修到海拔4783米哨所物资补给全程摩托化
| author = 康哲
| website = 中国军网 (www.81.cn)
| date = 2016-08-16
| accessdate = 2017-02-01
| url = http://www.81.cn/jwgz/2016-08/16/content_7210394_2.htm
| language = zh
| quote = 今年初，西藏军区启动卓拉哨所公路专项整治工程，历经半年多时间，哨所公路整治工程顺利完工。
}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Nathu La and Cho La incidents]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Mountain passes of China}}
{{Mountain passes of India}}

[[Category:China–India border]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Tibet]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Sikkim]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]
[[Category:East Sikkim district]]
[[Category:Yadong County]]

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