Jomsom
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Jomsom (also Dzongsam) is a small town in the upper Kali Gandaki valley in Nepal, at an altitude of 2770 m. Jomsom is the capital of Mustang District and lies on the Annapurna Circuit. The place possesses an airfield, which is approached from Pokhara and therefore Jomsom is often used as the start or completion of a trekking holiday. A training unit of Alpine troops of the Nepalese army is likewise stationed there. Nearby is the famous pilgrimage site Muktinath. A few kilometres south lie the most well-known area of cultivation of apples and of apricots in Nepal (Marpha, Tukuche). It also contains a water purification site and a police checkpoint. It is approximately 10 kilometres from Kagbeni, Mustang, Nepal.
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