Gahkuch

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Gahkuch

| native_name = {{nq|گاہکوچ}}

| native_name_lang = ur

| settlement_type = City

| coordinates = {{coord|36|10|25|N|73|46|00|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}}

| elevation_m = 1899

| pushpin_map = Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan

| subdivision_type = Administering country

| subdivision_name = Pakistan

| subdivision_type2 = Adm. unit

| subdivision_name2 = Gilgit–Baltistan

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Ghizer District

| timezone = PST

| utc_offset = +5:00

| website =

| official_name =

| image_skyline = {{Photomontage

| photo1a = Gahkuch Fort.jpg

| photo2a = Sumal Valley.jpg

| photo2b = River Ghizr on Gahkuch.jpg

| photo3a = Gahkuch Valley (16407485588).jpg

| size = 250

| position = center

| spacing = Number indicating width of spacing between the images (default: 1)

| color = Color of spacing between the images (default: black)

| border = Number indicating width of border surrounding the montage (default: 1)

| color_border = Color of border surrounding the montage (default: black)

| text =

| text_background = Color of background behind text (default: #F8F8FF)

| foot_montage = Top left to right: Gahkuch Fort, Sumal Valley, River Ghizer and Gahkuch Valley

}}

| timezone1 = PST

| population_total = 10,142 (1998)

}}

Gahkuch ({{langx|ur|{{nq|گاہکوچ}}}}) is the main city of Ghizer District in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The city lies on the way to Ishkoman.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourism.gov.pk/gilgit_valley.htm |title=Government of Pakistan |publisher=Tourism.gov.pk |date= |accessdate=2012-10-20}} Surrounded by mountains, it lies 72 kilometers northwest of Gilgit, the capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Pakistan's 1998 census recorded the population of Gahkuch as 10,142.[https://www.citypopulation.de/GilgitBaltistan.html Gilgit-Baltistan: Districts and Places]

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