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Nyoma is a village in the Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located in the Leh tehsil, on the bank of Indus River.
A small Buddhist monastery ("gompa") is located on the hill at the back of the village. Since 2010, foreign tourists with Inner Line Permits are permitted to visit Nyoma and its monastery.
Nyoma is also home to an Advanced Landing Ground of Indian Airforce, which is proposed to be reactivated. An AN32 landed in this airfield after which it was opened on 18 September 2009.
Nearby towns are Mahe and Rupshu, the town lies in the Leh - Loma - Hanle road. Nyoma is located 41 km southeast of Chumathang. It is 23 km (14 miles) from Mahe village and roughly the same distance from the Chinese border.
Nyoma is a genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae, containing the following species:
- Nyoma albopunctata Breuning, 1977
- Nyoma costata (Breuning, 1949)
- Nyoma fuscomaculata (Breuning, 1971)
- Nyoma fuscosignata (Breuning, 1948)
- Nyoma kyamburensis Adlbauer, 1998
- Nyoma papiella Quentin & Villiers, 1981
- Nyoma parallela Duvivier, 1892
- Nyoma pusilla (Breuning, 1943)