| Official Name: | Aliabad | ||||
| Aliabad | |||||
| Settlement Type: | Town | ||||
| Mapsize: | 150px | ||||
| Coordinates: | 36.3119°N 74.6178°W | ||||
| Pushpin Map: | Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan | ||||
| Subdivision Type: | Country | ||||
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan | ||||
| Subdivision Type1: | Province | ||||
| Subdivision Name1: | Gilgit–Baltistan | ||||
| Subdivision Type2: | District | ||||
| Subdivision Name2: | Hunza | ||||
| Elevation M: | 2206 | ||||
| Population Density Km2: | auto | ||||
| Area Code Type: | Calling code | ||||
| Timezone1: | PST | ||||
| Utc Offset1: | +5 | ||||
| Blank Name: | Climate | ||||
| Blank Info: | BWk | ||||
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Aliabad (Burushaski/Urdu: علی آباد ) is the administrative and commercial center of the Hunza District in Gilgit–Baltistan region of Pakistan.
The town is located in a relatively wide section of the Hunza Valley, in the northeastern corner of the Karakoram range, between two forks of the Hunza River. In May 2010 government officials warned that the nearby Attabad lake was close to flooding the area.[1]
Like most localities in Hunza–Nagar, Aliabad lies along the Karakoram Highway, which crosses this mountainous district.
With virtually no rainfall during the year, Aliabad features a cold desert climate (BWk) under the Köppen climate classification. The average temperature in Aliabad is 11.0 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 125 mm. November is the driest month with 2 mm of rainfall, while May, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 29 mm.
July is the warmest month of the year with an average temperature of 23.6 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of -3.0 °C.