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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Jispa
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| image_alt = Small village below mountain peaks
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul and Spiti]]
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| elevation_m = 3200
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[[File:Jispa Monastery.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Jispa Monastery]]
[[File:Pilgrims at Jispa for Dalai Lama's teachings. August 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|left|Pilgrims at Jispa for [[Dalai Lama]]'s teachings. August 2010]]
[[File:Jispa - hotel. 2010.jpg|thumb|250px|middle|Jispa - hotel. 2010]]
'''Jispa''' (elevation 3,200 m or 10,500 ft; population 332)<ref name=census>2001 India Census. See [http://www.censusindia.gov.in census.gov.in] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070514045222/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/ |date=14 May 2007 }} (requires registration).</ref> is a village in [[Lahaul and Spiti district|Lahaul]], in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].

Jispa is located 22 km north of [[Keylong]]<ref name=lp>Joe Bindloss & Sarina Singh. ''India''. ''[[Lonely Planet]]'' (2007), [https://books.google.com/books?id=T7ZHUhSEleYC&pg=PA341 p. 341]. {{ISBN|978-1-74104-308-2}}.</ref><ref name=ht>[http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Jispa.aspx "Jispa"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820120514/http://himachaltourism.gov.in/post/Jispa.aspx |date=20 August 2010 }}. Himachal Tourism (2009). Accessed 22 October 2009.</ref> and 7 km south of [[Darcha]],<ref name=rg>David Abram. ''Rough Guide to India''. [[Rough Guides]] (2003), [https://books.google.com/books?id=kAMik_6LbwUC&pg=PA523 p. 523]. {{ISBN|978-1-84353-089-3}}.</ref> along the [[Manali-Leh Highway]] and the [[Bhaga river]].<ref name=ht/> There are approximately 20 villages between Jispa and [[Keylong]].<ref>Sudha Mahalingam. [http://www.hindu.com/fline/fl2126/stories/20041231000106500.htm "On the trail of two rivers"]. ''[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]'' (18–31 December 2004).</ref>

According to the 2001 census, of the town's 332 residents, 235 were male and 97 were female.<ref name=census/> Four belong to [[scheduled castes]], and 149 belong to [[scheduled tribes]].<ref name=census/> The village has 78 households.<ref name=census/>
[[File:Jispa 2.jpg|thumb|left|Houses in Jispa]]

The village has a helipad, a post office,<ref>S.C. Bajpai. ''Lahaul-Spiti: A Forbidden Land in the Himalayas''. Indus Publishing (2002), [https://books.google.com/books?id=W4mCH1oCKTkC&pg=PA131 p. 131]. {{ISBN|978-81-7387-113-9}}.</ref> and a monastery.<ref>Sandeep Silas. ''Discover India by Rail''. Sterling Publishers (2005), [https://books.google.com/books?id=gL7pGaL3vooC&pg=PT187 p. 187]. {{ISBN|978-81-207-2939-1}}.</ref> Travellers often stop for the night here; the village has a hotel, a mountaineers' hut, and a campground.<ref name=lp/><ref name=ht/><ref name=rg/> Jispa also has a small folk museum.<ref name=lp/>
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Lahaul and Spiti district]]

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