Hushe

{{Infobox settlement | name = Hushe | settlement_type = Village | official_name = | other_name = | native_name = {{hlist|{{lang|bft|ཧཱུཥེ}}|{{lang|ur|{{nq|ہوشے}}}}}} | nickname = | motto =  | image_skyline = Hushe.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = Hushe village | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_seal = | seal_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_type = | blank_emblem_size = | image_map =  | mapsize = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = bottom | mapframe = yes | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan | pushpin_mapsize = 300 | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Gilgit-Baltistan | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Ghanche | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Chorbat | subdivision_type4 = Union council | subdivision_name4 = Machulo | government_footnotes = | government_type = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 =  | leader_name1 = | leader_title2 = | leader_name2 = | established_title =  | established_date = | established_title2 =  | established_date2 = | established_title3 =  | established_date3 =  | area_magnitude = | unit_pref = Imperial  | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 =  | area_land_km2 =  | area_water_km2 = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_urban_km2 = | area_urban_sq_mi = | area_metro_km2 = | area_metro_sq_mi = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank1_sq_mi =  | population_as_of = 1994 | population_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fuller |first1=Stephan |last2=Gemin |first2=Marianne |date=28 September 1994 |title=Proceedings of the Karakoram Workshop |url=https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/1995-028-En.pdf |journal=IUCN - the World Conservation Union }}</ref> | population_note = | population_total = 931 | population_density_km2 = | population_density_sq_mi = | population_metro = | population_density_metro_km2 = | population_density_metro_sq_mi = | population_urban = | population_density_urban_km2 = | population_density_urban_sq_mi = | population_blank1_title = | population_blank1 = | population_blank2_title = | population_blank2 = | population_density_blank1_km2 = | population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = PST | utc_offset = +5 | coordinates = {{coord|35|27|9|N|76|21|26|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}} | elevation_footnotes =  | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = 10,420 | postal_code_type =  | postal_code = | area_code = | blank_name = | blank_info = | blank1_name = | blank1_info = | website = | footnotes = }} [[File:Masherbrum_240629.jpg|thumb|alt=The south face of Masherbrum (7,821 m), formerly known as K1, as seen from the road to Hushe|The south face of Masherbrum (7,821 m), formerly known as K1, as seen from the road leading to the village of Hushe in Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan.]] '''Hushe''' ({{Langx|bft|ཧཱུཥེ|translit=Hūshe}}; {{langx|ur|{{unq|ہوشے}}}}) is the last village of the Ghangche District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hushe, Baltistan, Pakistan : Logistical Centers : SummitPost|url=https://www.summitpost.org/hushe-baltistan-pakistan/707965|access-date=2020-04-17|archive-date=2021-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517133909/https://www.summitpost.org/hushe-baltistan-pakistan/707965|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Webb |first=Timothy William |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=djv54ABamKgC&q=%22Hushe%22 |title=Valuing the Invaluable Ecotourism: Natives, Conservationists and Developers |date=1997 |publisher=University of California, Davis |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=King |first1=John |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pwEwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Hushe%22 |title=Karakoram Highway |last2=Mayhew |first2=Bradley |date=1998 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-0-86442-531-7 |language=en}}</ref> Access to the Gasherbrums peaks is also possible going north up through Hushe Valley.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Hushe 240629 01.jpg|The village of Hushe, the last settlement on the road leading to Masherbrum in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. File:Hushe 240629 02.jpg|The village of Hushe, the last settlement on the road leading to Masherbrum in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. File:Hushe 240629 03.jpg|A house in the village of Hushe. File:Hushe 240629 04.jpg|Signboard of the government school in Hushe. File:Hushe 240629 05.jpg|Signboard of the government school in Hushe. File:Hushe 240629 06.jpg|Government school in Hushe. File:Hushe 240629 07.jpg|The village of Hushe. File:Hushe 240629 08.jpg|Signboard of the Hushe Valley – Central Karakoram National Park in the village of Hushe. </gallery>

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{{Ghanche District}}{{Gilgit-Baltistan topics}}{{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub}} Category:Populated places in Ghanche District