Hushe

Hushe

ཧཱུཥེ
ہوشے
Hushe ཧཱུཥེ; ہوشے;
Village
	Hushe village
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	Coordinates: 35°27′9″N 76°21′26″E / 35.45250°N 76.35722°E / 35.45250; 76.35722
Country	Pakistan
State	Gilgit-Baltistan
District	Ghanche
Tehsil	Chorbat
Union council	Machulo
Elevation	10,420 ft (3,180 m)
Population (1994)
• Total	931
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Village in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan

Hushe (Balti: ཧཱུཥེ, romanized: Hūshe; Urdu: ہوشے) is the last village of the Ghangche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.^[2] It is the highest village in the once extremely remote and impoverished Hushe Valley.

History

Hushe men began working as cooks and porters for mountaineering expeditions in the 1960s. Hushe is no longer the poorest of villages, as its popularity as a trekking and climbing destination continues to grow. Climbers and trekkers come all the way from Baltoro Glacier, Concordia and K2 via Gondogoro Pass, descend into Hushe village to reach Skardu District.^[3]^[4] Access to the Gasherbrums peaks is also possible going north up through Hushe Valley.

Gallery

The village of Hushe, the last settlement on the road leading to Masherbrum in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
The village of Hushe, the last settlement on the road leading to Masherbrum in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
A house in the village of Hushe.
Signboard of the government school in Hushe.
Signboard of the government school in Hushe.
Government school in Hushe.
The village of Hushe.
Signboard of the Hushe Valley – Central Karakoram National Park in the village of Hushe.

References

^ Fuller, Stephan; Gemin, Marianne (28 September 1994). "Proceedings of the Karakoram Workshop" (PDF). IUCN - the World Conservation Union.
^ "Hushe, Baltistan, Pakistan : Logistical Centers : SummitPost". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-17.
^ Webb, Timothy William (1997). Valuing the Invaluable Ecotourism: Natives, Conservationists and Developers. University of California, Davis.
^ King, John; Mayhew, Bradley (1998). Karakoram Highway. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-0-86442-531-7.

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[1] Fuller, Stephan; Gemin, Marianne (28 September 1994). "Proceedings of the Karakoram Workshop" (PDF). IUCN - the World Conservation Union.

[2] "Hushe, Baltistan, Pakistan : Logistical Centers : SummitPost". Archived from the original on 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2020-04-17.

[3] Webb, Timothy William (1997). Valuing the Invaluable Ecotourism: Natives, Conservationists and Developers. University of California, Davis.

[4] King, John; Mayhew, Bradley (1998). Karakoram Highway. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-0-86442-531-7.