Gultari Valley

The Gultari Valley (Urdu:گلتری) (Old Name: Shingo Shigar) is amongst the biggest valleys of Baltistan, is located in south of Skardu. It comprises three valleys, Shingo, Shigar and Phultukus, with the majority of the people speaking the language Shina. These valleys are enclosed between the mountains of Himalaya.[1] It has a total of 10 estates which contains many villages. The valley has been divide into two parts for administrative purposes, e.g. Shingo Shighar and Gultari. The former comprises six small villages: Pato thali, Nogham, Akberabad, Ginyal, Matyal, and Thali. Similarly, the Gultari union includes some 10 villages as Gultari khas, Sumuluk, #Shawaran, Chamaluk, Franshat, Bunyal, Zaigham, Koner, Chundo, Thanote, Shakhma, Babachan, Fultuks (Matial, Haramel, Domial, Machikial, Uchi, Das, Barbat, Baikhial are small neighbourhoods of Fultuks).

Gultari Valley گلتری
Gultari Valley Location in Gilgit–Baltistan (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 35°6′23″N 75°3′30″E
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Gilgit–Baltistan
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (GMT+5)

Gultari valley is strategically important for Pakistan. But the area has been neglected by the government. Its population is around 10,000 . but, due to nonexistence of hospitals, schools and other basic needs of life, majority of people have migrated to cities like Skardu, Gilgit, Pindi or Karachi. The region is one of the coldest part of the country.Ali shair khan Anchan merged gultari with skardu baltistan.The word gultari is derived from Balti word kohaltari which means on the head. It is situated at a distance of 288km from skardu