Korphe Explained

Official Name:Korphe
ཀོརྰེ་
Mapsize:100px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Baltistan
Population Total:400(estimate)
Population As Of:2006
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5
Footnotes:http://www.penniesforpeace.org/for-kids/feature-village/

Korphe ( ཀོརྰེ་, Urdu: {{nq|کورپھے[1]) is a small subsistence farming village in northeastern Pakistan, situated at the foot of the Karakoram mountain range along the banks of the Braldu River.

Korphe has achieved international attention because of the work carried out by mountaineer Greg Mortenson and his Central Asia Institute (CAI) which specializes in raising money from all over the world in order to provide good quality schooling for the children of Korphe and similar villages throughout the region, including Afghanistan. How this came to pass has been extensively documented in the book Three Cups of Tea written by Mortenson and journalist David Oliver Relin and the Young Readers edition of Three Cups of Tea adapted by Sarah Thomson.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: مورٹینسن کا معمّہ: ستائش سے الزامات تک کا سفر. 2021-03-05. وی او اے. 20 April 2011 . ur.