Leh is the joint capital and largest city of the region administered by India as a union territory of ladakh. Leh, located in the leh district, was also the historical capital of the kingdom of ladakh, the seat of which was in the leh palace, the former residence of the royal family of ladakh, built in the same style and about the same time as the potala palace in tibet. Leh is at an altitude of 3,524 m (11,562 ft), and is connected via national highway 1 to srinagar in the southwest and to manali in the south via the leh-manali highway.
