Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Shimshal
Shimshal is a small village located in Gojal, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. The village remained cut-off from the Tehsil Headquarter Gulmit for centuries and only in 2003 for the first time a jeep went there after the new road from the Karakoram Highway was constructed. The famous Shimshal River comes from this area and then transforms the shape of Hunza River, which mixes with the Indus River below the capital city Gilgit. Shimshalis use numerous seasonal mountain grasslands, located several days walk from the village, to sustain herds of yaks, goats and sheep. Most of these grasslands are located within what has been declared as the Khunjerab National Park .The people of Shimshal are Wakhi and they speak the Wakhi Language. They belong to the Ismaili sect of Islam.
External links
- The Shimshal Nature Trust
- Shimshal
- Voices from the Mountains: Oral Testimonies from Shimshal
- The Changing Northern Areas
- BBC:Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma
- Northern Areas Development Gateway
- Pakistan's Northern Areas
- Northern Pakistan's Karakoram & Hindukush Mountains
- The Mountain Areas Conservancy Project
The contents of this article is licensed from www.wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License. Click here to see the transparent copy and copyright details