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Baltit Fort (Urdu: قلعہ بلتت) is a fort in the Hunza valley, near the town of Karimabad, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Founded in the 8th century CE, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list since 2004. [1] The Mirs of Hunza abandoned the fort in 1945, and moved to a new palace down the hill. The ...
The Baltit Fort was built at that time to function as the Mir's palace. [3] [4] The location was known as a caravan resting stop, and for its slave trade. [citation needed] Baltit served as the capital of Hunza Valley for over 750 years, until the middle of the 20th century.
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UN map (1972) of Jammu and Kashmir showing the Karakoram Highway up to the Khunjerab Pass. Baltit (Karimabad) is the capital of Hunza.. Hunza (Persian: هنزه, Urdu: ہنزہ), also known as Kanjut (Persian: کانجوت; Urdu: کنجوت), was a Burusho [2] princely state in the present-day Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan.
Hunza Valley has a diverse religious history with it being home to several historic religious sites like the ancient watchtowers in Ganish village, Baltit Fort on top of karimabad which was built by the Mirs about 800 years ago , which is a historic landmark for hunza and Altit Fort (at the bottom of the valley). In the 8th century AD, a huge ...
With virtually no rainfall during the year, Aliabad features a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen climate classification.The average temperature in Aliabad is 11.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 125 mm. November is the driest month with 2 mm of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 29 mm.
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