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Saturday, December 28, 2013

Heaven on earth northern Areas of Pakistan

Northern Areas or North Pakistan is very beautiful, which does not attract local tourists but also international tourists to visit and stay this heaven on earth. North Pakistan scattered around 72,496 square kilometers.
The area is very beautiful for its small and large valleys, natural lakes and highest peaks, these eye-catching tops attracts even in winter with heavy snowfall, and these peaks are the highest peaks in the world these peaks began with altitudes ranging from 1,000 meters to 8,000 meters, this heaven on earth includes regions of Gilgit-Baltistan Nagar Valley,Hunza, and Shangrila. Now transformed into a new province namely Gilgit-Baltistan.

The entire North Pakistan has its own cultural trends, and these regions also very interesting, because the geographical locations. The population of this region has the best customs and traditions with typical costumes, folk dances, music and sports like polo and buzkashi, attracts its also the national  and international tourists an unforgettable experience of this heaven on earth. This area has the distinction that the world's top 14 peaks over 8,000 meters high peaks of
the world or land in North Pakistan, four are also the world's highest glacier namely Baltoro glacier in the Karakoram region of northern Pakistan. These Peaks included the world's top peaks as K2 or Mount Godowin Austin, which is 8,611 meters high, and this peak is the second highest mountain in the globe.

The top and highest peaks in North Pakistan are Gasherbrum-I as 8068 meters high, secondly Broad Peak as 8,047 meters high and thirdly Gasherbrum II as 8035 meters high. Nanga Parbat också another top peaks who also a great as highest in this range Nanga Parbat också 8,126 meters high and this is located at the western most end of the Himalayas. There are many other highest peaks in North Pakistan inwhich 68 peaks are over 7,000 meters and Hundreds of others over 6,000 meters high, these också attracts and Encourage them as hikers want to reach the top, beautiful and most dangerous peaks of the world.

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