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{{Short description|Village in Lahul and Spiti District, Himachal Pradesh, India}}
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| other_name = Gipu
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Lahul and Spiti district|Lahul and Spiti]]
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| area_total_km2 = 185.16
| elevation_m = 3620
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_total = 223
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'''Gue''' or '''Gyu'''{{efn|The Chinese spelling is {{zh|t=巨哇|p=Jù wa}}. It was transliterated as "Chuva" in 1960.{{sfnp|Report of the Officials|1962|pp=4, 25–26}}}} is a village in the [[Lahul and Spiti district]] of the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]] in India. It is claimed by [[China]] as part of [[Tsamda County]] in [[Ngari Prefecture]] in [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]]. The village is about 40 km from the [[Tabo Monastery]], at latitude 31.11 and longitude 77.16. The village is 10,000 feet above sea level and 500 km away from the state capital, between the towns of [[Sumdo, Himachal Pradesh|Sumdo]] and [[Tabo, Himachal Pradesh|Tabo]].

== Geography ==
Gue is close to the [[India-China border]], in the valley of the Gue stream, which joins the [[Spiti River]] roughly 10 km downstream near the [[Sumdo, Himachal Pradesh|Sumdo]] village.

== Demographics ==
Per the 2011 census, Gue has a population of 223 people, 132 male and 91 female.<ref name="census"/>

== Buddhist monastery ==
[[File:Sangha Tenzin Monk Mummy.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Mummy of Sangha Tenzin]]
The village has a Buddhist monastery, where a 500-year-old mummy of a late medieval [[Buddhist monasticism|Buddhist monk]], Sangha Tenzin, is stored. The mummy is said to have been formed by a natural mummification process through austerities during the final stages of the monk's life.<ref>{{Cite news |author=S. Venkatraman |title=Go away to Gue |work=The Hindu |date=2013-03-29 |issn=0971-751X |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/go-away-to-gue/article4561440.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513162516/https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/travel/go-away-to-gue/article4561440.ece |archive-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>

== Sino-Indian border dispute ==
In 1847, when the British border commission headed by [[Alexander Cunningham]] went to the Indo-Tibetan border in the area, the commissioners were unobustructed till reaching [[Kaurik]], but were prohibited from going beyond. They faced the emissaries of the governor of [[Gartok]] sent there for the purpose of pointing out the "ancient boundary between Ladakh and the Chinese territory". ([[Spiti]] was traditionally part of Ladakh.){{sfnp|Cunningham, Correspondence of the Commissioners|1848|pp=89–90}}{{sfnp|Kaul, India China Boundary|2003|loc=pp. 55–56: "Thus in Spiti, it is clear, that the boundary ran along the villages of Khyuri [Kaurik], Shaktolb and Chooret."}}

In December 1957, seven years after the [[Chinese annexation of Tibet]], Chinese forces were said to have intruded at Kaurik, for which India lodged a protest. In 1959, after the [[Kongka La incident]], China raised a number of disputes regarding the mutual border, including near Kaurik.{{sfnp|Verghese, A Reassessment of Indian Policy in Asia|2016|pp=104–105}} The claims include the Gue village and valley.

During the 1990s, a joint working group of India and China held multiple meetings and exchaned maps of the "middle sector" of the border in 2000. Kaurik was identified as one of the locations where the claims of the two countries overlapped, and the disputed territory was estimated to be {{convert|250|km2}}.{{sfnp|Gupta, The Himalayan Face-off|2014|p=106}}<ref>Sushant Singh, [https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-ladakh-border-lac-galwan-6441494/ De-escalation process underway: 2 LAC flashpoints are not in list of identified areas still contested], The Indian Express, 4 June 2020.</ref>

== Transportation ==
Gue is connected to Sumdo via a road, and from Sumdo, through two national highways—the [[National Highway 5 (India)|NH 5]] Sumdo-[[Nako, Himachal Pradesh|Nako]]-[[Shimla]] Highway through [[Kinnaur district]] and the [[National Highway 505 (India)|NH 505]] Sumdo-[[Kaza, Himachal Pradesh|Kaza]]-Gramphu-[[Manali, Himachal Pradesh|Manali]] highway through the [[Spiti River]] valley. The latter remains closed for 7 months due to winter snows on the [[Kunzum Pass]] (4,551 m or 14,931 ft).<ref name="kaur1">[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bro-restores-sumdho-gramphu-road-after-seven-months-258395 BRO restores Sumdho-Gramphu road after seven months], The Tribune, 26 May 2021.</ref> A dual-use airstrip, 100 km to the west, is under construction, scheduled to be completed in 2024.<ref name="ranga1">[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/to-counter-china-nyoma-airfield-in-ladakh-to-be-full-fledged-base-in-2-yrs-467406 To counter China, Nyoma airfield in Ladakh to be full-fledged base in 2 years], The Tribune, 5 Jan 2023.</ref>

==Nearby villages==
Nearby villages include
* [[Kaurik]]
* [[Tabo, Himachal Pradesh|Tabo (Spiti)]]
* [[Dhankar Village|Dhankar]]
* [[Kaza, Himachal Pradesh|Kaza (Spiti)]]
* [[Kibber]]
* [[Nako, Himachal Pradesh|Nako]]
* [[Korzok]]

== Notes ==
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==References==
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[[Category:Villages in Lahaul and Spiti district]]

Gue, Himachal Pradesh - Revision history

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