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		Hunza valley, set amidst the Karakoram Range, is renowned for the longevity of it's inhabitants, the beauty of it's people and vistas, and the delicious apricots, almonds, and dried fruit grown here.
		This valley is composed of terraced ridges running from the high pastures down to rivers, with extensive irrigation channels bringing water from the glaciers to the terraced fields and villages.
		Scientific studies of the diet of Hunza valley residents have shown that many common diseases such as arthritis, asthma, cancer, constipation, diabetes, gall bladder trouble, hay fever, heart ailments, high blood pressure are also non-existent in this area.
	www.hunzaorganic.com (276 words)

	Hunza Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hunza Valley (Urdu: ہنزہ) is a valley near Gilgit and Nagar vallies in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
		The Hunza valley is situated at an elevation of 2,438 metres (7,999 feet).
		Hunza's tourist season is from May to October, because in winter the Karakoram Highway is often blocked by the snow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hunza_Valley (986 words)

	The Truth, Myths and Lies About the Health and Diet of the "Long-Lived" People of Hunza, Pakistan, Hunza ...
		Hunza was a tiny kingdom located in a remote valley 100 miles (160 km) long and only one mile (1.6 km) wide, situated at an elevation of 8,500 feet (2590 m) and completely enclosed by mountain peaks.
		The valley of Hunza is thought to have been their valley of refuge because of its remote and secure location.
		Hunza is a common destination for tourists traveling to Pakistan because of all of the past hype about the longevity and exceeding good health of the residents.
	biblelife.org /hunza.htm (10591 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Cooking in Hunza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Overlooked by the shining slopes of Rakaposhi, which rise nearly 6000 meters (19,200') from the valley floor, the apricot orchards and wheat fields of the Hunza Valley wind along the Hunza River.
		The valley is known for its abundance of apricots, most of which are collected in late summer to dry in the sun on rooftops, walls and boulders.
		Hunza’s ubiquitous chappati is actually a culinary import from the south.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/200603/cooking.in.hunza.htm (1500 words)

	Hunza - Northern Areas - Azad Kashmir - Pakistan
		This valley is composed of terraced ridges running from the high pastures down to the river, with extensive irrigation channels bringing meltwater from the glaciers to the terraced fields and villages.
		At an elevation of 2400 meters [8800 feet], the Hunza River drains this valley, connecting to the Gilgit Valley to the south.
		Hunza is on the northern side of the central valley, Nagar is on the southern side.
	www.mango.itgo.com /hunza.html (937 words)

	Hunza bread recipie Hunza valley food diet
		Hunza is a fairy tale land and a lot of myth and reality has been associated to it.
		One secret of longativity of the hunza people is their low fat diet and diet full of fible and organic vegitarian food.
		Hunza bread (Phitti as it is called locally) has inherited a huge fame and here is some thing about it.
	www.travel-culture.com /pakistan/hunza_bread.shtml (1422 words)

	Paradise on Earth - Bulbul Hunza
		Hunza, which lies on the branch of the Silk Road from Kashgar to Kashmir, was linked to Turkistan/western China for centuries.
		Hunza valley is the home of former kingdom named Hunza and Nagger; both are now integrated in the Islamic republic of Pakistan.
		Hunza valley itself is divided into three main parts, Where people speak different languages: Shina is spoken in lower Hunza, Brushawski in central Hunza, and Wakhi is spoken in Upper Hunza.
	www.freewebs.com /bulbulhunza/beautfullgojal.htm (488 words)

	Natural Health: Hunza
		The "Hunza Road" is a branch of the 2,000-year-old ancient Silk Road that linked China to Rome, the Mediterranean, Africa and India.
		Hunza was ruled by the Mirs, a single family of rulers who claimed to have reigned without interruption for more than 900 years.
		The biggest event in the Hunza valley is an annual spring planting festival.
	www.herbaleducator.com /natural_hunza.html (356 words)

	Hunza Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Hunza is situated 112 km North of Gilgit on the way of Khunjerab pass at Karakorum Highway.
		Hunzakuts (residents of Hunza) are believed to be descendents of five wandering soldiers of Alexander the Great.
		Karimabad is known as the capital of Hunza Valley.
	www.cob.montevallo.edu /JivaAS/hunza.htm (116 words)

	HUNZA Valley
		Hunza is situated 112 km of north of Gilgit on the west bank of the Hunza river.
		The people of Hunza are well known for their longevity which they attribute to their diet.
		Hunza is accessible by road from Gilgit (112 km), which is connected by air and Karakoram Highway with Islamabad.
	members.tripod.com /~PAKISTAN786/Hunza.html (772 words)

	Consumer Health Articles: HUNZA WATER: The Microhydrin Story
		In Hunza land and the other four places on earth, they all have one thing in common - they are surrounded by natural glaciers called 'ice blue glaciers' on some of the tallest mountains in the world.
		Cultures who live near the ice blue glaciers are the Hunzas in the Hindu Kush which is north of Pakistan, the county of Georgia in Russia, and certain places in Equador, Mongolia and Peru.
		The silica that I found in Hunza water were little tiny spheres about 50 Angstroms in diameter, and they are only found in certain kinds of glacial water in only those five places in the world that I know of, and water in the world has been pretty well investigated.
	www.consumerhealth.org /articles/display.cfm?ID=20010224232617 (3370 words)

	Hunza Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		As we arrive at Karimabad, the capital of Hunza Valley, we are welcomed by the Hunzakuts.
		Hunza: Early morning we head for Eagle's Nest where on the high mountains to enjoy a local breakfast with a captivating view of the Hunza Valley.
		This will be followed by a visit of the Hunza Valley and meeting local folks, understanding the secrets of their longevity and also visit some of the important historical sites including the recently renovated by the Aga khan Foundation, simple yet overpowering, Baltit Fort and the older Altit Fort.
	www.gaiatravel.com /silkroad/hunza_valley_pakistan.html (842 words)

	AFH LIBRARY - Death Rides a Slow Bus in Hunza (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Renee Taylor, in her book Hunza health secrets (Prentice-Hall 1964) says that the Mir, or ruler of Hunza, was recently instructed by Pakistani authorities to spray the orchards of Hunza with pesticide, to protect them from an expected invasion of insects.
		The Hunza does not cook the majority of their food because of a lack of fuel (even the animal manure is added back to their fields).
		The Hunza salt supply is mined from hills near the Shimshal and Muztagh Rivers and used in their tea and for cooking in its raw brown state (the color comes from trace minerals included in the salt deposit when the ancient seas dried up).
	www.alkalizeforhealth.net /Lhunzadiet2.htm (3282 words)

	Valley of Hunza, The Shangri-la
		Hunza is probably Pakistan's most visited valley, by the tourists.
		Hunza is undoubtly the Shangri-la of James Hilton's novel The Lost Horizon.
		There are numerous tours and activities available from Hunza Below you will find some options for bus/culture tourist where as for the adventure lovers there is more info on our Adventure Tours section.
	tours.hypermart.net /pakistan/hunza.htm (590 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Hunza: Shangri-La of Islam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To reach Hunza used to be one of the most difficult feats in the world - another feature of Shangri-La - which probably accounts for romantic legends that have grown up about the valley.
		This is the biggest event of the valley, and the highlight comes when the Mir, still the titular leader in the valley, sows a handful of gold dust to symbolize the riches expected to come forth.
		Hunza's free education and medical programs, for example, and its wheat subsidies, come from the government, the UN or the Aga Khan.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198301/hunza-shangri-la.of.islam.htm (2539 words)

	Pakistan tour. shangri-la hunza tour.
		On arrival to Karimabad, the capital of Hunza Valley, you are welcomed by the Hunzakuts.
		Hunza lies on the ancient trade route to Kashgar in the Chinese province of Sinkiang.
		Hunza is probably most famous for the longevity of its people, due to their simplicity and natural diet, along with the unpolluted mountain air.
	www.asia-planet.com /pakistan/packagetours/paki_shangri-la.htm (1224 words)

	Hunza Summary
		The Hunza valley is surrounded by the Karakoram Mountain Range, which extends from present-day India to Pakistan and into Jammu and Kashmir; its highest peak is K2 (8,611 meters), and sixty of its peaks in all tower around 6,700 meters.
		The Hunza valley is dotted with glacial lakes and rivers that form in concurrence with glacial ice flows in the mountains.
		Due to these glacial flows, the Hunza valley is fertile and has sustained isolated populations of Hunza people, who speak a language unrelated to any other, throughout the centuries.
	www.bookrags.com /Hunza (307 words)

	WELCOME TO HUNZA WEBSITE
		The visitor of Hunza are overwhelmed by the rigged charm, the fragrant breeze singing through graceful popular trees and the velvet like green carpet to wheat fields, set against the background of snow covered mountains.
		Hunza is ideal for mountaineering, trekking and hiking.
		There are self-help schools in every second village in the valley and all children male and female attend schools 100 percent, this is the reason, why Hunza people are different from other valleys in North of Pakistan.
	www.hunza.20m.com (683 words)

	Pakistan Photos, Hunza Valley, Karakorum, Views, Pictures Mon-Photo
		Hunza is the northernmost part of a region known as the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
		Travelling up the valley from the south, Hunza is the land to the the left, and Nagar to the right of the river.
		Hunza has three parts, not divided administratively but ethnically: Gojal, mainly populated with Wakhi speakers; Central, with Brushaski speaking people and Shinaki, the Shina speaking people.
	www.mon-photo.com /Asia/Pakistan_2/index.htm (635 words)

	Restoration and Adaptivereuse of the Baltit fort, Pakistan
		It is set at the head of the Hunza Valley in the Northern Areas amongst some of the highest mountains of the world, overlooking the valley settlements which it was built to protect.
		The town of Karimabad is situated in a broad green valley beyond the main gorges of the lower Hunza Valley.
		The valley is made up of a complex series of cultivated terraces and plateaus supported by rubble walls, and watered by the age-old Ultar irrigation system that channels glacial waters to the valley.
	web.mit.edu /akpia/www/AKPsite/4.239/baltit/baltit.html (3730 words)

	Hunza valley travel guide
		Hunza beckons you to find the answer yourself, and it is assured that though you face the road winding under the auspicious Rakaposhi with trepidation, you will return firmly convinced and believing in the majestic wonder that is Hunza.
		Today Hunza is a sub division of Gilgit District with 48000 population.
		The aboriginal Burushaski, spoken in central Hunza, is the main language while in lower Hunza, language spoken is Shina and Wakhi, an archaic Iranian language in upper Hunza or Gojal which is also spoken in parts of Xinjiang, Wakhan and Tajikistan.
	www.world66.com /asia/southasia/pakistan/hunzavalley (478 words)

	Treks :: Hunza Adventure Leaders
		Situated at an elevation of 2438 meters, Hunza valley’s tourist season is from April to October.
		Hunza is further classified as lower, middle (central) and upper respectively.
		Both the treks start from Gilgit via Rupal valley (Astore) to about 4000 m in the south side and via Fairy Meadows, between 4000 and 5200m (Chilas), from the north side.
	www.hunzaadventureleaders.com /trek.php (1021 words)

	Pakistan Travel Web > Destinations > Mountains & Valleys > Hunza Valley
		Carving a gorge between 25,000-foot peaks and receiving the waters of scores of glaciers, this is by far the largest and the grandest tributory of the Gilgit River watershed.
		Originally, this was used as the residence of the Mirs (the title of the former rules) of Hunza.
		The Hunza Valley is composed of "Hunza Proper" (as Hunzakuts call it) in the midvalley,
	travel.web.pk /destinations/mountains_valleys/hunza_valley.asp (710 words)

	TERRA: Living Soil
		Thanks to the richness of the Hunza soil and to their age, the trunks of these trees match the circumference of forest trees, and production of fruit is prodigious.
		The importance of the apricot in the Hunza economy is suggested by the fact that the trees are regarded as valuable property which, on the death of the owner, is willed to a favorite son or other relative.
		Sugar is unknown in Hunza, and importation of this sweetener is not a problem, because Hunza fruits are rich in natural sweetness.
	www.championtrees.org /topsoil/HunzaFarming.htm (3051 words)

	Travel forum - Asia & Oceania - Hunza valley - Pakistan
		The Hunza valley was once in the media hype during the 1970's.
		Hunza and Baltit fort are still the most visited areas in Pakistan and around the world.
		Hunza is located at a wonderful 100kms from the admininstrative headquarters of northern areas of Pakistan.
	www.globosapiens.net /topic-hunza-valley---pakistan_40_2494_0000.html (757 words)

	HUNZA valley this is a region of rubies and garnets
		HUNZA valley this is a region of rubies and garnets
		FR The Hunza valley begins in Chalt where the Hunza River turns sharply south.
		It is rather narrow and featureless here until the village of Hindi, where the valley begins to open up.
	www.gggems.com /hunza.htm (163 words)

	Hunza Valley - Central
		Settlement ranges a many thousand feet up the valley, with the high pastures used by shepherds and their flock in the summer.
		Evidence of this transformation is found throughout the central valley, though away from the highway you can pass what I would call `the Coke line'...
		While in Hunza, we stayed in Altit, to the west of the `central valley'.
	www.mango.itgo.com /hunza_central.htm (677 words)

	Hunza Valley, Pakistan - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		Formerly a small principality under the Mir of Hunza, it joined with Pakistan in 1947.
		The town, situated on the west bank of the Hunza River, was a stopping place for travelers descending from the Hindu Kush mountains into the Vale of Kashmir.
		Surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks such as the Rakaposhi, vast glaciers such as the Ulter, and deep gorges, Hunza is accessible by mountain road from Gilgit.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /hunza_valley_pakistan.htm (150 words)

	Hunza Valley- Pakistan - VirtualTourist.com
		Directions: This is the image of Autumn in Hunza.Hunza is located in the Northern Areas of Pakistan and is one of the most beautiful places of Pakistan and a well known place indeed.
		Hunza Valley: You can see here what life is like centuries back here...
		Hunza Valley: When you are in Karimabad, you...
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/Pakistan/Things_To_Do-Pakistan-Hunza_Valley-BR-1.html (570 words)

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