Chatorkhand

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Chatorkhand is a village in Pakistan. [1] It is situated in Ghizer district of Gilgit-Baltistan. [2] [3] It is the headquarter of Ishkoman tehsil. [4]

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Chatorkhand
Village
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Chatorkhand
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Chatorkhand
Coordinates: 36°21′05″N73°51′01″E / 36.3514°N 73.8502°E / 36.3514; 73.8502
Country Pakistan
Administrative unit Gilgit-Baltistan
District Ghizer
Time zone UTC+5:00 (PKT)

Geography

Chatorkhand is located at an elevation of 6850 feet above sea level. [5] It is about 80 km northwest of Gilgit city and lies in Ishkoman Valley. [6] It is the largest settlement in the valley. [7]

Landmarks

The village has a small bazaar and several teahouses. [8] [9] Other facilities include schools for girls and boys. [10]

Terrain and tourism

Chatorkhand area attracts tourism because of its mountainous terrain. [11] [12] Trekking is a popular activity here and is considered less strenuous than in the more challenging terrain elsewhere in Gilgit-Baltistan. [13] [14] The village has lodging and boarding facilities for trekkers and other tourists. [15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rensch, Calvin Ross (1992). Sociolinguistic Survey of Northern Pakistan: Languages of Chitral. National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University.
  2. ↑ 国立民族学博物館 (2016). 国立民族学博物館研究報告 (in Japanese). 国立民族学博物館.
  3. ↑ Brenzinger, Matthias (2015-07-31). Language Diversity Endangered. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN   978-3-11-090569-4.
  4. ↑ says, Nizar Alvi (2012-05-02). "Ishkoman: People suffer due to absence of Tehsil officials". PAMIR TIMES. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  5. ↑ Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Society at the Academy of Natural Sciences. 1968.
  6. ↑ Khan, Mahmood Hasan; Khan, Shoiab Sultan (1992-03-19). Rural Change in the Third World: Pakistan and the Aga Khan Rural Support Program. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN   978-0-313-28011-5.
  7. ↑ Swift, Hugh (1990). Trekking in Pakistan and India. Sierra Club Books. ISBN   978-0-87156-662-1.
  8. ↑ Kreutzmann, Hermann (2024-08-05). Pamirian Crossroads and Beyond: Human Geography and Geopolitics. BRILL. ISBN   978-90-04-70436-7.
  9. ↑ Swift, Hugh (1982). The Trekker's Guide to the Himalaya and Karakoram. Sierra Club Books. ISBN   978-0-87156-295-1.
  10. ↑ "18 months after the floods a government girls school in Chatorkhand remains in shambles". PAMIR TIMES. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  11. ↑ Guides, Insight (2020-01-01). Insight Guides Pakistan (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. ISBN   978-1-83905-258-3.
  12. ↑ Abbas, Syed Adil (2002). Pakistan Travel Guide: Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Murree, Kaghan ... Nawab Sons Publications. ISBN   978-969-530-009-1.
  13. ↑ Trekking in the Karakoram & Hindukush. Lonely Planet Publications. 2002. ISBN   978-1-74059-086-0.
  14. ↑ King, John S. (1989). Karakoram Highway: The High Road to China. Lonely Planet Publications. ISBN   978-0-86442-065-7.
  15. ↑ Farrukhi, Asif (2019-07-21). "TRAVEL: ISHKOMAN DAYS". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2024-09-02.


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