{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Usho | image_skyline = Oshu River in Glacier.JPG | image_caption = Usho valley in the Swat Kohistan | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Upper Swat District | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Behrain | official_name = Usho }}
'''Usho''' (اوشو, also spelled Ushu; from Gawri ''oš'' {{literally|cold, ice}})<ref>{{Cite journal |last=De Chiara |first=Matteo |date=2019 |title=Swāt Hydronymy at the Border between Iranian and Indo-Aryan Languages |url=https://brill.com/view/journals/ic/23/1/article-p64_6.xml |journal=Iran and the Caucasus |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=64–74 |doi=10.1163/1573384X-20190106 |issn=1609-8498|url-access=subscription }}</ref> is a village in the Usho Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated {{convert|8|km|mi|sp=us}} from Kalam and {{convert|123|km|mi|sp=us}} km from Mingora in the Swat Kohistan region, at the height of 2,300 meters (7,550 feet).<ref>[http://tourswat.com/ushu-valley/ Ushu Valley] Publisher: Tour Swat, Retrieved on 29 September 2012</ref> Usho is mainly inhabited by the Gawri people.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Baart |first=Joan L.G. |last2=Sagar |first2=Muhammad Zaman |date=2002 |title=The Gawri Language of Kalam and Dir Kohistan |url=https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/The-Gawri-Language-of-Kalam-and-Dir-Kohistan-Sagar-Sagar/e2a2b1900979ebb54dfc8968f32a57584befac88 |access-date= |website=Semantic Scholar}}</ref>
It is known for its beautiful cloudy and rainy forest. Tourist attraction Mahodand lake is located {{convert|27|km|mi|sp=us}} from there.<ref>{{cite web|title=Beauty of Usho|url=https://attractivepakistan.com/places-to-visit/swat-valley/ushu-valley-swat-valley/|website=attractivepakistan.com|accessdate=23 May 2018}}</ref> In winter, the famous Ushu glacier blocks the only path to the Mahodand lake and this path is only opened again in Summer, when the snow of the glacier melts and the authorities wipe of the remaining snow from the road. [[File:Usho Valley, Swat.JPG|thumbnail|A view of Swat River]] thumb|Usho [[File:Jabba Zomalu Lake,.JPG|thumb|Jabba Zomalu Lake, Usho]]
==See also== *Matiltan *Utror *Gabral *Mahodand
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Category:Tourist attractions in Swat Category:Swat Kohistan Category:Populated places in Swat District
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