Dras (also spelt Drass, ISO transliteration: Drās), also known locally in Shina as Himababs, Hembabs, or Humas, is a town and hill station, and the headquarters of Drass district of the union territory of Ladakh in India.

Kargil town is 58 km from Dras on the national highway NH 1 from Srinagar to Leh.

In the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir (1846–1947), Dras was part of the Kargil tehsil of the Ladakh wazarat.

[7] In November 1948, the Indian Army launched Operation Bison, supported by tanks, and retook Dras and Kargil.

The Indian army cleared the Tololing and Tiger Hill peaks by July 1999.

Summers start in June and go on up till early September, with average temperatures near 23 °C (74 °F) and little precipitation.

Annual precipitation is almost entirely concentrated from December to May when Dras gets around 550 millimetres (21.7 in) water equivalent of snowfall.

[12] Drass is the only area (now a district) in Ladakh where Sunni muslims comprise the majority of the population.

[13] Common foods in the diet of the people include potatoes, barley, lamb, mutton and drinks like tea.