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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox mountain pass
| name = Shipki La
| photo = "Hungarung Pass in the Himalayas" (nowadays called Shipki La, where the Sutlej River enters India from Tibet), from the Illustrated London News, 1856.jpg
| photo_caption = Illustration depicting Sutlej river at Shipki La, ca. 1856
| elevation_m = 3930
| traversed =Indian National Highway 5
| location = [[China]]–[[India]] border
| range =
| coordinates = {{coord|31|49|55|N|78|44|02|E|region:IN_type:pass_source:GNS-enwiki|display=title,inline}}
| map = India Himachal Pradesh#India
| map_caption = Location in Himachal Pradesh
| topo =
}}
__NOTOC__
'''Shipki La''' is a [[mountain pass]] and border post with a dozen buildings of significant size on the [[India]]-[[China]] border. The river [[Sutlej]], which is called [[Langqên Zangbo]] in [[Tibet]], enters India (from Tibet) near this pass.<ref name="HT"/> A spur road on the Indian side rises to an altitude of {{convert|4720|m|ft}} four km southwest of Shipki La.
[[File:NH22Jhajjhar.jpg|thumb|left|[[National Highway 5 (India)|NH 5]], the road towards Shipki La]]

It is located in [[Kinnaur district]] in the state of [[Himachal Pradesh]], India, and [[Ngari Prefecture]] in [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibet]], China. The pass is one of India's border posts for trade with Tibet along with [[Nathu La]] in [[Sikkim]], and [[Lipulekh]] in [[Uttarakhand]]. The pass is close to town of [[Khab]].

Currently the road at the pass is used only for small-scale local trade across the border.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/HimachalPradesh/Chinese-horses-Bought-for-peanuts-sold-at-a-premium/Article1-777475.aspx |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-12-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012235501/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/HimachalPradesh/Chinese-horses-Bought-for-peanuts-sold-at-a-premium/Article1-777475.aspx |archive-date=12 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Like other border passes along the India-Tibet border, the border is no longer open for non-residents.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.dangerousroads.org/asia/china/3242-shipki-la-india.html |title=Shipki La|work=www.dangerousroads.org |access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Most people travelling between India and Tibet by land travel via [[Nepal]].

==Sino-Indian trade==
It was suggested [[National Highway 5 (India)|NH 5]] could be used as a route for land access to the Arabian Sea as the [[Karakoram Highway]] is much more treacherous for transport. This opening of the border at Shipki La is claimed to potentially increase trade on both sides of the border.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiachina-bhai-bhai-revisited/211530-61.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108034820/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/indiachina-bhai-bhai-revisited/211530-61.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-01-08 |title=India-China Bhai Bhai revisited - India Global News - IBNLive |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |access-date=2011-12-14}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite web|title=India-China trade through Shipki La reaches new high|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/india-china-trade-through-shipki-la-reaches-new-high/story-aDsBjdhzUBXu0DERYffMgI.html|website=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=9 June 2017}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Nathula]]
*[[Lipulekh]]
* [[Tashigang]]
* [[India-China Border Roads]]
* [[Line of Actual Control]]
* [[List of disputed territories of India]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Shipki%20La Photos of the pass on Flickr]

{{Mountain passes of China}}
{{Mountain passes of India}}
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[[Category:Mountain passes of Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of Tibet]]
[[Category:China–India border crossings]]
[[Category:Geography of Kinnaur district]]
[[Category:Mountain passes of the Himalayas]]

{{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub}}

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