Passu () is a small village in the
Gojal valley of Upper
Hunza in the
Gilgit Baltistan region of
Northern Pakistan. Located along the
Karakoram Highway
The Karakoram Highway (, ), also known as the KKH, National Highway 35 (), N-35, and the ChinaPakistan Friendship Highway, is a National Highways of Pakistan, national highway which extends from Hasan Abdal in the Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab p ...
, Passu is a tourist destination. The village is known for its landscapes and views of the 7,478-meter (24,534 ft)
Passu Sar mountain, the
Passu Glacier, and the ''Passu Cathedral'' () 6,106m (20,033 ft).
Geography
Passu is situated along the
Hunza River, approximately from
Gulmit, the administrative headquarters of Upper Hunza
tehsil
A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
of
Gojal. It is about upriver from
Gilgit
Gilgit (; Shina language, Shina: ; ) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region.The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kas ...
. Passu lies in the Gojal Valley, within the subdivision of
District Hunza.
Passu is located near the tongue of the
Passu Glacier and just south of the
Batura Glacier, which, at , is the seventh-longest non-polar glacier in the world and extends close to the highway. Additionally,
Borith Lake, a saline lake, located at 2,600 m above sea level, lies below the Hussaini village.
Tupopdan, also known as "Passu Cones" or "Passu Cathedral," stands at and is located north of the Passu village in
Gojal Valley.
It is the most photographed peak of the region. Nearby are the high peaks, including
Pasu Sar
Passu Sar (; or Passu Sar, Passu I) is a mountain peak in the Batura Muztagh, a sub-range of the Karakoram mountain range, in the Hunza District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is the high point of the Passu massif, which also includes Passu ...
,
Shispare Sar, and
Batura.
Demographics
The village is predominantly inhabited by
Wakhi people
The Wakhi people (, , ; ; ), also locally referred to as the Wokhik (), are an Iranian ethnic group native to Central and South Asia. They are found in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, and China—primarily situated in and around Afghanistan' ...
, who migrated in waves from
Wakhan between 1870 and 1948 to different areas of northern Pakistan.
[ They speak ]Wakhi language
Wakhi (, , IPA: ikwɔr zik is an Indo-European language in the Eastern Iranian branch of the language family spoken today in Wakhan District, Northern Afghanistan, and neighboring areas of Tajikistan, Pakistan and China.
Classification and ...
and are homogeneously Ismaili.
See also
* Khuramabad
References
External links
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Populated places in Hunza District