Hunza is a mountainous valley in the autonomous Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Hunza is
situated in the northern part of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, bordering with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west and the Xinjiang region of China to the north-east. The Hunza valley is situated at an
elevation of 2,438 meters and total area is 11,660 km2 (4,500 sq mi).
Geologically, Hunza comprises of three parts, Upper Hunza (Gojal), Central Hunza and Lower
Hunza (“Shinaki”).
About Hunza People
The local dialects spoken incorporate Burushaski, Wakhi and Shina. The education pace of the
Hunza valley is over 95%. The chronicled space of Hunza and present northern Pakistan has
had, throughout the long term, mass movements, clashes and resettling of clans and
nationalities, of which the Dardic Shina race is the most conspicuous in territorial history.
Individuals of the locale have related their veriable customs down the ages. The Hunza Valley
is likewise home to some Wakhi, who relocated there from northeastern Afghanistan starting in
the nineteenth century onwards.
The life span of Hunza individuals has been noted by a few, however others discredit this as a
life span fantasy brought about by the absence of birth records.There is no proof that Hunza
future is altogether over the normal of poor, detached locales of Pakistan. Cases of wellbeing
and long life were quite often dependent on the proclamations by the local mir (ruler).