Tarishing

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Tarishing ترشنگ
Village
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Coordinates: 35°14′17″N 74°43′41″E / 35.238°N 74.728°E / 35.238; 74.728Coordinates: 35°14′17″N 74°43′41″E / 35.238°N 74.728°E / 35.238; 74.728
Country	Pakistan
Adm. Unit	Gilgit−Baltistan
District	Astore District
Elevation	2,900 m (9,500 ft)
Population
• Total	c. 200
Time zone	UTC+5:00 (PKT)

Tarishing (Urdu: ترشنگ‎) is a village with around 200 inhabitants and a subdivision of the Astore District of Gilgit−Baltistan, Pakistan. It is considered to be the gateway to Nanga Parbat, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth. The village has around 25 shops, one boys' high school, one girls' middle school, one private English-medium school, two hotels and a small medical centre (a 10-bed hospital is under construction).^{[citation needed]} A large glacier beside the Rupal River is also a part of this village, which is situated on an altitude of about 2900 meters.^{[citation needed]}

Climate[]

In summer (May–October), the village has a warm but moderate climate, although nights are cold the entire year-round.^{[citation needed]} In Winter (November–April), snowfall may reach up to 6 ft (1.8 m) and temperatures reach down to about −20 °C (−4 °F) on average.^{[citation needed]}

Languages[]

The predominant languages spoken amongst the native population of this village are Shina and Urdu.^{[citation needed]}

Tourism[]

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Because of bad weather and unavailability of basis needs, you should not trust any medical facility available in this town. Before you plan to visit Astore Valley, make all necessary arrangements and get enough information about these areas either from tourism companies or trusted porters.^{[clarification needed]}

To get to Tarishing, you have to hire a jeep from Astore, a trip which will take about 1.5 hours, or you can go there using local transport buses. There are buses from Gilgit, Manshera and other cities to Astore.^{[citation needed]}

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