... Nathu La About this sound listen (help·info) (Tibetan: རྣ་ཐོས་ལ་, Nepali: नाथू ला, Chinese: 乃堆拉山口 Nǎiduīlā Shānkǒu; IAST: Nāthū Lā, Hindi: नाथूला दर्रा) is a mountain pass in the Himalayas. It connects the Indian state of Sikkim with China's Tibet Autonomous Region. The pass, at 4,310 m (14,140 ft) above mean sea level, forms a part of an offshoot of the ancient Silk Road. Nathu means "listening ears" and La means "pass" in Tibetan.[1] It is also spelled Ntula, Natu La, Nathula, or Natula. ... [
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