Hassanabad, Hunza

Hassanabad, Hunza
Village
Hassanabad during Cherry blossom
Hassanabad, Hunza Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 36°17′53″N74°35′42″E / 36.29806°N 74.59500°E / 36.29806; 74.59500
Country	Pakistan
Region	Gilgit Baltistan
District	Hunza
Area
• Total	2.1 km2 (0.81 sq mi)
Elevation	2,100 m (6,900 ft)

Hassanabad is one of the villages of the Hunza Valley in Gilgit Baltistan region. Situated in the Karakoram mountain range, the village lies at risk to glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) originating from the surrounding glaciers specially the Shishper Glacier. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The Karakoram Highway (KKH) crawls through Hassanabad, with total length of 5 kilometers. Hassanabad is known for power generation, with almost all of the hydro-power projects of Hunza located here, except for Ahmedabad Hydel Power Plant.^{[ citation needed ]}

Location

Hassanabad is located in between Aliabad and Murtazaabad villages. ^[4] Hassanabad is located at an average height of 2100 meters. ^[5] Hassanabad is also gateway to Hachinder Chish peak (7162.4 meters). ^[6]

Hassanabad is located on the Karakoram Highway (N-35). In May 2022, the bridge across a tributary of the Hunza was destroyed by floodwaters. ^[7]

Constituency

Hassanabad is in constituency of GBLA-6. Hassanabad comes in district Hunza and tehsil Aliabad.

Demographics

The village is home to around 200 families. ^[1] Two of the old Hunza tribes are present in Hassanabad, Ganishkutz and Xhill Ganishkutz.

Notable People

• Amir Mehdi

Gems

Hassnabad Nala is known for different precious and semi-precious stones. Most common gems are Corundum, Diamond and Sapphire. ^{[8] [9]}

Hassanabad Power Complex

Gilgit-Baltistan Public works Department (GBPWD) manages Hassanabad Power Complex. Complex is a combination of Hydel and Thermal, Power generation plants.

• 1200KW Norwegian Unit (1994)
• 500KW Chinese Unit (2003)
• 200KW Chinese Unit (1991)
• 2X1000KW Diesel Generators (2007/2015)

Aerial View of Hassanabad

See also

• Karimabad

Media related to Hassanabad, Hunza at Wikimedia Commons

References

1. "Mountain villages fight for future as melting glaciers spell floods". Al Jazeera . 27 November 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
2. Taj, I. Ali; Siddique, Naveed (7 May 2022). "Shishper Glacier outburst sweeps away bridge in Hassanabad area of Hunza". Dawn Newspaper . Retrieved 13 January 2025.
3. "GLOF alert issued for Hassanabad, Hunza". The Express Tribune . 28 February 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
4. "Hassan Abad - Wikimapia". wikimapia.org. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
5. "Google Maps - Find GPS coordinates, longitude, latitude, altitude". www.mapcoordinates.net. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
6. "mountain-list". www.hunzaguidespakistan.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-02. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
7. "Historic bridge crumbles amid Pakistan floods". BBC . 10 May 2022.
8. "Corundum Mineral Specimen For Sale". Pinterest. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
9. "Hassanabad Nala (Hasanabad), Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 2016-07-21.

Further reading

• Ali, Mehtabidah (August 2024). "Assessing climate-driven impacts on Karakoram glacier surge: A geospatial analysis highlighting Shishper Glacial Lake outburst flood events (2019–2022) as prime example". Heliyon. 10 (16) e35951. Bibcode:2024Heliy..1035951A. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35951 . PMC   11369478 . PMID   39229527.
• Baig, Siddique Ullah; Khan, Humaira; Muneeb, Fakhra; Dad, Karim (25 June 2020). "Formation of a hazardous ice-dammed glacier lake: a case study of anomalous behavior of Hassanabad glacier system in the Karakoram". SN Applied Sciences . 2 (7): 1285. doi:10.1007/s42452-020-2989-4.