Hunza
Northern Areas of Pakistan. It comprises an area of 3,900 mi² (10,101 km²) and borders China. The famous Karakoram Highway crosses Hunza, connecting it to China via the Gojal, mainly populated with Wakhi speakers; Burushal, with Burusho people and Shinaki, the shina speaking people. Until 1974 Hunza was a princely state with its capital situated at Baltit (also known as Karimabad). It is now ruled directly from Islamabad through the administration based in Gilgit, the regional capital of Gilgit-Baltistan.
Hunza was an independent principality for 900 years until its incorporation into Jammu and Kashmir in 1869. It was combined with the neighboring state of Nagar in 1888 and united with Gilgit in 1889 under British Empire rule. It acceded to Pakistan after the British withdrawal from the Indian Sub-Continent in 1947. According to Habib R. Sulemani the people of Hunza Gojal were ruled by a local Mir for more then 950 years, which came to an end in 1974.
The region is principally inhabited by three ethnic groups, the Broshos also known as the Hunzukuts, the Wakhis also known locally as Tajiks, and the Shins. The majority of the people is Ismaili, a sect in Shia Islam. They are followers of The Aga Khan and thus practice a very liberated form of Islam. The Aga Khan-IV has put a lot of funding into the area to help with agriculture and the local economy. Burushaski, Wakhi, Shina and
