Minsar[1] or Moincêr[a] (Tibetan: མོན་འཚེར, Wylie: mon 'tsher, THL: mön tser)[2] or Menshi (Chinese: 门士; pinyin: Mén shì)[2] is a village and the centre of a township in the Ngari Prefecture of the Tibet region of China.

Prior to the Tibet–Ladakh–Mughal War (1679–1684), the Kingdom of Ladakh controlled the whole of the Ngari region (present day western Tibet).

Central Tibet, consolidated by the Fifth Dalai Lama, conquered and occupied Ngari, but was driven back from Ladakh proper by the forces of the Mughal Empire from Kashmir.

In the resulting Treaty of Tingmosgang, Ladakh agreed to cede the whole of western Tibet to Lhasa retaining only a tract around Minsar for supporting the worship at Mount Kailas.

[7] Minsar depends on its small coal-mining industry; from which it once produced large amounts of ore from its nearby mines.