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Hunza Valley

Hunza was a princely state, bordering China to the north-east and Pamir to its north-west, which continued to survive until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
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, formerly known as Baltit, is the capital of the in Pakistan-administered in the disputed region.

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is a town in Upper Hunza. It is the last town on the Karakoram Highway in Pakistan. It has a dry port and immigration office, which gives the town a bustling feeling with goods and people coming and going.

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is an isolated village in the Gojal region of . It is composed of several villages dotted along the banks of the River, in a wide open valley at an altitude of 3,100 m.

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is the administrative capital of Upper Hunza. The Mir of Hunza had his capital in . Climate is pleasant during summer and cool during spring and autumn.

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is a village on the Karakoram Highway in the Gojal region of . Although it has fewer accommodation options than some of its neighbouring villages, it has several attractions that might interest the visitor.

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is a village in the within the region of . also collectively refers to multiple villages in and around the area.

is a village in Gojal Hunza. It is reached by following the Karakoram Highway.

is a valley of Hunza in the Hunza-Nagar District of .

Hunza Valley

Latitude of center
36.3167° or 36° 19′ 0″ north
Longitude of center
74.65° or 74° 39′ east
Wiki­data ID
Q1196145
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hunza Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هنزه”
  • Assamese: “হুঞ্জা উপত্যকা”
  • Basque: “Hunza harana”
  • Bengali: “হুনজা উপত্যকা”
  • Bengali: “হুনজা ভ্যালি”
  • Catalan: “vall d’Hunza”
  • Catalan: “Vall d’Hunza”
  • Chinese: “乾竺特”
  • Chinese: “坎巨提”
  • Chinese: “罕萨”
  • Chinese: “罕萨河谷”
  • Chinese: “罕萨谷”
  • Dutch: “Hunza”
  • Dutch: “Hunzadal”
  • Finnish: “Hunza”
  • Finnish: “Hunzan laakso”
  • French: “Hunza”
  • French: “Vallée de la Hunza”
  • Hebrew: “עמק הונזה”
  • Hindi: “हिन्ज़ा”
  • Hindi: “हुन्ज़ा घाटी”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Hunza”
  • Italian: “Valle dell’Hunza”
  • Italian: “Valle dello Hunza”
  • Japanese: “カリマバード”
  • Japanese: “フンザ”
  • Japanese: “フンザ渓谷”
  • Kashmiri: “وادی ہُنزا”
  • Korean: “훈자 계곡”
  • Korean: “훈자”
  • Latvian: “Hunzas ieleja”
  • Lithuanian: “Hunzos slėnis”
  • Macedonian: “Долина на Хунзите”
  • Malayalam: “ഹൻസ വാലി”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Hunzadalen”
  • Panjabi: “ਹੁੰਜ਼ਾ ਘਾਟੀ”
  • Persian: “دره هنزه”
  • Polish: “Hunza”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de Hunza”
  • Romanian: “Valea Hunza”
  • Sindhi: “ھنزہ وادي”
  • Spanish: “Valle de Hunza”
  • Swedish: “Hunza”
  • Tamil: “கன்சா பள்ளத்தாக்கு”
  • Urdu: “ہنزہ”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہنزا”
  • Western Panjabi: “وادی ہنزا”

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