Lahaul and Spiti district

Lahaul and Spiti district
District of Himachal Pradesh
Bhaga valley in Lahaul (top); Spiti valley near Losar (bottom)
Location in Himachal Pradesh
Lahaul and Spiti district
Coordinates (Keylong): 32°30′N 77°36′E / 32.500°N 77.600°E / 32.500; 77.600
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
Headquarters	Keylong
Government
• Vidhan Sabha constituencies	01
Area
• Total	13,833 km2 (5,341 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Total	31,564
• Density	2.3/km2 (5.9/sq mi)
• Urban	None
Demographics
• Literacy	86.97% (male), 66.5% (female)
• Sex ratio	916
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	HP-41, HP-42, HP-43
Major highways	one (Manali-Leh National Highway)
Average annual precipitation	Scanty rainfall
Website	https://hplahaulspiti.gov.in

The Lahaul and Spiti district is a high-altitude district in Himachal Pradesh, north India. This entirely mountainous district consists of two geographically distinct as well as formerly separate political-administrative units, called Lahaul (Tibetan: གར་ཞ་, Wylie: gar zha) and Spiti (Tibetan: སྤི་ཏི་, Wylie: spi ti; or Tibetan: སྤྱི་ཏི, Wylie: spyi ti). Lahaul and Spiti is the largest district by area in Himachal Pradesh, and one of the least populous districts in the whole of India.^[1] Kyelang (also spelled as 'Keylong') in Lahaul is the headquarters of the whole district, while Spiti also has a subdivisional headquarters, at Kaza.