{{Short description|City in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Gahkuch | native_name = {{nq|گاہکوچ}} | native_name_lang = ur | settlement_type = City | coordinates = {{coord|36|10|25|N|73|46|00|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 1899 | pushpin_map = Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan | subdivision_type = Administering country | subdivision_name = Pakistan | subdivision_type2 = Administrative unit | subdivision_name2 = Gilgit–Baltistan | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = Ghizer District | timezone = Pakistan Standard Time | utc_offset = +05:00 | website = | official_name = | image_skyline = {{Photomontage | photo1a = Gahkuch Fort.jpg | photo2a = Sumal Valley.jpg | photo2b = River Ghizr on Gahkuch.jpg | photo3a = Gahkuch Valley (16407485588).jpg | size = 250 | position = center | spacing = Number indicating width of spacing between the images (default: 1) | color = Color of spacing between the images (default: black) | border = Number indicating width of border surrounding the montage (default: 1) | color_border = Color of border surrounding the montage (default: black) | text = | text_background = Color of background behind text (default: #F8F8FF) | foot_montage = Top left to right: Gahkuch Fort, Sumal Valley, River Ghizer and Gahkuch Valley }} | population_total = 10,142 | population_as_of = 1998 }} '''Gahkuch''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq|گاہکوچ}}}}) is the capital city of Ghizer District in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, in the disputed Kashmir region.<ref name="gb-gov">{{cite web |title=Gahkuch |url=https://visitgilgitbaltistan.gov.pk/tour/id/5 |website=visitgilgitbaltistan.gov.pk |publisher=Tourism, Sports, Culture, Archaeology & Museums Department}}</ref> Surrounded by mountains, it lies 72 kilometers northwest of Gilgit, the capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region.<ref name="gb-gov" />
The city lies on the way to Ishkoman.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism.gov.pk/gilgit_valley.htm |title=Gilgit Valley |publisher=Government of Pakistan |date= |accessdate=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190727151314/https://www.tourism.gov.pk/gilgit_valley.htm|archive-date=27 July 2019|website=www.tourism.gov.pk}}</ref> 1998 Pakistani census recorded the population of Gahkuch as 10,142.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gilgit-Baltistan: Districts & Places {{em dash}} Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/gilgitbaltistan/ |access-date=19 May 2026 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}</ref>
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Category:Populated places in Ghizer District Category:Cities in Pakistan
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