a white horse stands in front of snow covered mountains at ringmo in Shey Phoksomdo National park Nepal
The region of Dolpa is the largest and most sparsely populated district of Nepal covering an area of approximately 8,000 sq. kilometres it contains Phoksundo Lake, which is the areas deepest lake and the Religious centre of Shey Gompa which is one of the most important religious sites in Nepal. Dolpa is one of the few Nepali districts that is behind the main Himalayan mountains resulting in a landscape of bare looking hills with little vegetation similar to the high plateau of Tibet. Few people live or travel in this remote area, and as a result, the people of Dolpa have an isolated culture centred on the Tibetan way of life, in an area where many of the Khampas of eastern Tibet settled following the Chinese re occupation of Tibet Ringmo is a traditional village with a seasonal population The people are mostly of Tibetan ethnicity of the Bönpo faith, and engage in trade, yak herding and tourism. It sits on the landslide dam that formed Phoksundo Lake at about 3660 m (12,000 ft) above sea level. A Bön temple also named Ringmo can be found just outside the village
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