Frano
Frano or Franu is border village and union council which lies in Chorbat Valley, in the Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan. The village lies upon the banks of the north side of Shyok River, with the village of Turtuk lying on the south side of the river.- Type: Village
- Description: village in the Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Farano”, “Franao”, “Frano, Gilgit-Baltistan”, “Franu”, “Fraono”, “Pharnu”, “Pharnu village”, “Pharnu, Pakistan”, “Phrano”, “Phranu”, “Prahnu”, “Prahnu, Gilgit-Baltistan”, “Pranu”, and “Pranuk”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thang.
Thang
Hamlet
Thang is a small village in the Nubra district of Ladakh, India. It is in the historical Chorbat region of Baltistan, divided between India and Pakistan by the 1972 Line of Control. Thang is situated 7 km east of Frano.
Frano
- Category: locality
- Location: Ghanche District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.93616° or 34° 56′ 10″ north
Longitude
76.72728° or 76° 43′ 38″ east
Elevation
2,747 metres (9,012 feet)
Open location code
8J6RWPPG+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Frano” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فرانو”
- Saraiki: “فرانو”
- Urdu: “فرانو”
- Western Panjabi: “فرانو”
- “Frano”
- “Franu”
- “Pranu”
- “Pranuk”
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