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  Roundu Valley Baltistan   

History of Roundu

Roundu comes from two syllables. Roun means double cropping zone or lower land and 'do' means a valley in Balti language. Roundo = lower valley. It was corrupted by the Dogras to today's name Roundu just like they changed Skardo to Skardu. Roundu is the gate way to Baltistan.

It is one of the biggest valley of Baltistan .Its boundry lies with Skardu,Astore and Gilgit. Its populatio is above 1,00,000.Stak,Tormik,Dambudas,Belamik,Mendi,Dasu,Harpo and Thowar are the main area of Roundu.

The mejority of people speaks Balti but shina is also spoke in some part of Roundu. About 95% of The peoples of Roundu are Shia, Muslim.

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