page_title: Ghizer District
section_title: Passes
hierarchical_section_title: Ghizer District / Geography / Passes
caption_attribution_description: English: Autumn colors of Phandar Valley, G.B
context_page_description: Ghizer District is the westernmost part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan.Ghizer is the biggest district in Gilgit-Baltistan. Its capital is Gahkuch. Ghizer is a crossroads between Gilgit and Chitral via Shandur Pass, and also to China and Tajikistan via the Broghil Pass through Ishkomen Valley. Ghizer is a multi-ethnic district and three major languages are spoken: Shina, Khowar, and Burushaski. There are also Wakhi speakers in Ishkoman and some Tajiks.
  The word Ghizer came from the name "Gherz" which means "refugees" in Khowar. "Gherz" is a village in Golaghmuli Valley, which is now known as Golaghmuli. The Chitral in the Suzerainty of the British Raj forced some people to migrate towards Gupis, Yasin, Phander Ishkomen and also to Punial. They were settled in the area between Chitral and Gupis and the area called Gherz and the people were called Gherzic. When Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto the President of Pakistan abolished the FCR system and gave another administrative district comprising the Tehsils the name Ghizer was given and agreed on unanimously.
context_section_description: Some of the passes in the district are: 
  Shandur Pass (Punji-Lusht Plain between the boundary of Ghizer and Chitral District)
  Qurumbar Pass, Chillingi Pass
  Chumarkhan Pass (Barsat in Ghizer to Chapali village in Chitral)
  Hayal Pass and Naltar Pass (on the boundary of Ghizer and Gilgit Districts)
  Bichhar Pass (on the boundary of Ghizer and Gilgit Districts)
  Thoi Pass (on the boundary of Ghizer and Chitral Yarkhon)
  Darkot Pass (on the boundary of Ghizer and Chitral).
caption: Phander Valley
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