Editing Gojal Tehsil (section)

===Avgarch===
One of the oldest settlement and stronghold of the [[Wakhi people|Wakhis]] against the foreign invaders like [[Kyrgyz people|Kirghiz]], [[Shighnanis]] is located in a narrow valley starting at Murkhun village at [KKH] and reaches height of [[Qarun pass]]. The [[Wakhi people|Wakhis]] used to live in fortified houses, two forts, namely Pasth Qlha and Wuch-Qlha are still in partial use. An old [[Ismaili]] mosque, a new Jamat Khana, old Watchtowers in [[Avgarch]] and Boibar are some of the major landmarks in the valley.
[[Baba Sufi]] is considered one of the first man to settle in Gojal along with his son Quba and his wife Jaa. They settled by the springs of [[Gircha]] but abandoned it due to the agitation of looters, his clan along with other Wakhi settlers later kept using [[Gircha]] as fertile land and took the crops back to [[Avgarch]]. Later Mir Silum Khan of Hunza convinced the people to permanently abode [[Gircha]] and Avgarch was used for winters, this trend of migration in session is still in practice.
During the invasion of the British, the people from all lower Gojal and Hunza took shelter in Avgarch. Later British backed troops came to Avgarch and asked people to go back to their homes with assured safety.

Avgarch is one a tourist attraction with a 1.5 hour hike from the [[Karakoram Highway|KKH]], She offers beautiful pastures and hamlets, glaciers and peaks, Yosinband, Old graves of Kirghiz, the oldest Juniper tree of Hunza the Baltar Yarz, Boibar valley, Priyar and the famous Qorun pass. Exotic animals like snow leopards, Himalayan ibex, Golden eagle and many more are major attractions. Avgarch is famous for its trophy hunts, the hunting sessions starts in Winters the hunting is managed and facilitated by Khunjerab villagers Organization.