Shishkat village

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Shishkat village was a settlement in northern Pakistan’s Hunza Valley that gained attention after being largely inundated by the formation of Attabad Lake in 2010.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Shishkat village canonical 1

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Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
affectedBy Attabad landslide ⓘ
linked to: Attabad
causeOfInundation Attabad landslide of January 2010 ⓘ
linked to: Attabad Lake
country Pakistan ⓘ
disasterTypeAffecting landslide-dammed lake flooding ⓘ
economicActivityBeforeDisaster agriculture ⓘ
horticulture ⓘ
small-scale trade ⓘ
ethnicGroup Burusho people ⓘ
Wakhi people ⓘ
linked to: Wakhi
impact displacement of residents ⓘ
large parts of the village submerged ⓘ
languageSpoken Burushaski ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language

Wakhi ⓘ
locatedIn Hunza Valley ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Hunza District ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedNear Gojal region ⓘ
locatedOn Hunza River ⓘ
near Attabad Lake ⓘ
notableFor being largely inundated by Attabad Lake in 2010 ⓘ
role in media coverage of Attabad Lake disaster ⓘ
partiallyInundatedBy Attabad Lake ⓘ
partOf Upper Hunza ⓘ
postDisasterIssue damage to local infrastructure ⓘ
loss of agricultural land ⓘ
relocation of households ⓘ
preDisasterStatus important settlement of Upper Hunza ⓘ
religion Ismaili Islam ⓘ
linked to: Ismaili Shia
transportDisruption Karakoram Highway ⓘ
yearOfMajorFlooding 2010 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attabad Lake → submerged → Shishkat village ⓘ