Tarishing () is a village with around 200 inhabitants and a subdivision of the
Astore District
Astore District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit−Baltistan. Its administrative headquarters are located at Eidgah in the Astore Valley. The Astore District is bounded by Gilgit District to ...
Pakistan
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. It is considered to be the gateway to
Nanga Parbat
Nanga Parbat ( ur, ) (; ), known locally as Diamer () which means “king of the mountains”, is the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, its summit at above sea level. Lying immediately southeast of the northernmost bend of the Indus River in ...
, the ninth-highest mountain on
Earth
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. The village has around 25 shops, one boys' high school, one girls' middle school, one private
English-medium
An English-medium education system is one that uses English as the primary medium of instruction—particularly where English is not the mother tongue of the students.
Initially this is associated with the expansion of English from its homeland i ...
school, two hotels and a small medical centre (a 10-bed hospital is under construction). A large
glacier
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beside the
Rupal River
The Rupal River () is an east–west glacial stream rising from the meltwater of the Rupal Glacier in northern Pakistan. The stream flows through the Rupal Valley, south of Nanga Parbat, before turning northeast to the village of Tarashing. The ...
is also a part of this village, which is situated on an altitude of about 2900 meters.
Climate
In summer (May–October), the village has a warm but moderate climate, although nights are cold the entire year-round. In Winter (November–April), snowfall may reach up to and temperatures reach down to about on average.
Languages
The predominant languages spoken amongst the native population of this village are
Shina
Shina may refer to:
* Shina language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
* Shina people, a Dardic ethnic group in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan
People named Shina
* Shina Matsudo (born 1973), Japanese freestyle swimmer
* ...
Astore Valley, make all necessary arrangements and get enough information about these areas either from tourism companies or trusted porters.
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.