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Gircha

Coordinates: 36°38′55″N 74°50′56″E / 36.6486°N 74.8488°E / 36.6486; 74.8488
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Girča
Gul e Gircha
Town
Gircha
Girča is located in Gilgit Baltistan
Girča
Girča
Coordinates: 36°38′55″N 74°50′56″E / 36.6486°N 74.8488°E / 36.6486; 74.8488
CountryPakistan Pakistan
ProvinceGilgit–Baltistan
DistrictHunza
TehsilGojal
Elevation
2,832 m (9,291 ft)
Population
 (2014)
 • Totalmore than 470
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
ClimateBWk
Gircha Bibi Nekbakht Mosque, relocated after erosion

Gircha ( Girča wakhi, گرچہ Urdu ) is a village in the Gojal Tehsil of Hunza in the Gilgit Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is one of the oldest Wakhi villages of upper Gojal Hunza, settled by Bobo e Sufi, who was the first man to settle in the region and the ancestor of present wakhis.

Etymology

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The word "Gircha" is considered to come from Grich which means a hut near spring water. An alternative theory supposes that Gircha comes from the snail shell/ Kišrif Wakhi or reefs found in Gircha, which are of great archeological interest.

According to numerology, the study of the significance of numbers, one is the life path number for Gircha.[1]

Notable of past Gircha after Chineer

References

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  1. ^ "Name Gircha Meaning? What does Gircha Mean".