Bumburait Valley
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Bumburet (Kalasha: '''', , also spelt Bumboret or Bumburait) is the largest valley of Kalasha Desh in Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is one of the three valleys of Kalasha Valleys and a tourist destination in the northern Pakistan.
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- Kalasha Valleys
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- Pakistan
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- Chitral District
- Elevation
- 2084
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Bumburet (Kalasha: '''', , also spelt Bumboret or Bumburait) is the largest valley of Kalasha Desh in Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is one of the three valleys of Kalasha Valleys and a tourist destination in the northern Pakistan.
The Bumburet Valley joins the Rumbur Valley from the south (at , ), and then joins the Kunar Valley at the village of Ayun (at , 2288 meters), some south (downstream) of Chitral. To the west the valley rises to a pass connecting to Afghanistan's Nuristan Province at about . Lying in the Hindu Kush mountain range, the area features streams, meadows and agricultural fields with walnut and apricot trees. The valley is inhabited primarily by the Kalash people, and has become a tourist destination. There is an archaeology museum, Kalasha Dur Museum, in the valley.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bumburait Valley” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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