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Chapursan

Valleys

Chapursan is a valley containing about eight scattered villages in the Gojal Tehsil of the Hunza District in Gilgit-Baltistan, near Pakistan's borders with Afghanistan's Wakhan District and China's Xinjiang region. Predominantly inhabited by ethnic Wakhis, with the village of Raminj home to ethnic Burushos, the valley holds more than 500 households and an estimated population of 3,000, most adhering to the Isma'ili sect of Shia Islam. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Erosion, Processes

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Chapursan

In Discipline

Geomorphology, Disciplines

Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to discipline Geomorphology via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.

Source Wikidata: Chapursan
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Afghanistan

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China

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Pakistan

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Source Wikidata: Chapursan
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Chapursan (Wikipedia)
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Chipursan (Wakhi: چپورسن; also spelt Chipurson, Chiporson, Chaporsan, Chupurson) is a valley containing approximately eight scattered villages situated in the Gojal Tehsil of the Hunza District of Gilgit-Baltistan.
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Wikidata Q5101631, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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