Phobrang is a settlement in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. It is near Lukung on the way the Indo-China border at the Hot Springs. It is the last village of Ladakh in this direction, at an elevation of .
Phobrang is in the Leh district, Tangtse tehsil. It is the headquarters of a Halqa Panchahat (village administration), which covers the entire Pangong Tso region of Ladakh till Man Pangong.Village Amenity Directory 2016-17, Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Government of Jammu and Kashmir, 2016. page 29.Man Pangong, villageinfo.in: Indian Village Directory, retrieved 4 June 2022. Phobrang was apparently lightly populated in the 19th century, but, at present, there is a small residential area, along with numerous semi-nomadic camping grounds, grazing grounds and farmlands, situated in an alluvial plain watered by a river flowing from the north. There is a Green Himalayas project under way to convert Phobrang to an eco-tourism site.Green Himalayas: The Project, greenhimalayas.org, retrieved 4 June 2022.
The 84 km-long Marsimik La Road from Lukung to Hot Springs passes through Phobrang.Lukung to Hot Springs, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 4 June 2022. There is also a 40 km-long road from Phobrang to Chartse on the north bank of Pangong Tso.Phobrang to Chartse, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 4 June 2022. Both these roads are meant for mainly military use.
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