Khaplu

E283788

Khaplu is a historic town in northern Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, known as a gateway to the Karakoram mountains and for its traditional Balti culture and architecture.

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Khaplu canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement
town
administrativeCenterOf Ghanche District
agriculturalProducts apricots
barley
wheat
architectureStyle Tibetan-influenced Balti architecture
vernacular stone and timber houses
climate cold semi-arid climate
country Pakistan
distanceToSkardu roughly 100 kilometers by road
economy agriculture
pastoralism
tourism
elevation approximately 2600 metres above sea level
ethnicGroup Balti people
hasCulturalRegion Balti-speaking area
hasLandmark Chaqchan Mosque
Khaplu Palace
Sufi shrines and khanqahs
heritageStatus historic settlement
historicalInfluence Central Asian trade routes
Tibetan culture
knownFor Balti architecture
Khaplu Palace
Sufi shrines
gateway to the Karakoram mountains
historic townscape
mosques
traditional Balti culture
locatedIn Ghanche District
Gilgit-Baltistan
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedNear Indus River basin
Shyok River
locatedOn banks of the Shyok River
nearbyAttraction Hushe Valley
Karakoram
surface form: Karakoram peaks

Rakaposhi–Diran area
surface form: Masherbrum region
partOf Gilgit-Baltistan
surface form: Baltistan
primaryLanguage Balti
region northern Pakistan
surface form: Northern Pakistan
religion Islam
religiousTradition Noorbakhshia Sufi order
Shia Islam
tourismType cultural tourism
mountain tourism
transport connected by road to Skardu

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Skardu near Khaplu