Khaplu
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Khaplu (Urdu: , pronounced: [xəpluː]; Balti: ཁཔ་ལུ།), also spelt Khapalu, is a city that serves as the administrative capital of the Ghanche District in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, within the disputed Kashmir region. Located east of Skardu, Khaplu was historically the second-largest kingdom in Baltistan under the Yabgo dynasty and played a key role in guarding the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River, near its confluence with the Indus.
Key facts
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- Khaplu
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- City administered by Pakistan
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- ཁཔ་ལུ།
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- Shyok valley
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- Clockwise from the top: Khaplu Palace, Thogsikhar, Karakoram Range and Chaqchan Mosque
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- Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan
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- bottom
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- Location in Pakistan
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- 300
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- Administering country
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- Pakistan
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- Autonomous territory
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- Gilgit Baltistan
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- Baltistan division
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- Ghanche
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- Deputy Commissioner
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- Adeel Haider Baryar (PAS)
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- Imperial
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Khaplu (Urdu: , pronounced: [xəpluː]; Balti: ཁཔ་ལུ།), also spelt Khapalu, is a city that serves as the administrative capital of the Ghanche District in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, within the disputed Kashmir region. Located east of Skardu, Khaplu was historically the second-largest kingdom in Baltistan under the Yabgo dynasty and played a key role in guarding the trade route to Ladakh along the Shyok River, near its confluence with the Indus.
Khaplu is a popular base for trekking into the Hushe Valley, which provides access to the high peaks of Masherbrum, K6, K7, and Chogolisa. The city is home to the 700-year-old mosque, Chaqchan Mosque, founded by Ameer Kabeer Syed Ali Hamadani (RA). Other notable tourist sites include Ehlie Broq, Hanjor, Thoqsi Khar, Kaldaq, and the Shyok River.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Khaplu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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