Khaplu
Sign in to saveKhaplu (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
- Settlement.name
- Khaplu
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- City administered by Pakistan
- Settlement.native_name
- ཁཔ་ལུ།
- Settlement.nickname
- 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
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Administering country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Pakistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Autonomous territory
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gilgit Baltistan
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Baltistan division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Ghanche
- Settlement.leader_title
- Deputy Commissioner
- Settlement.leader_name
- 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.