(عطا آباد جھیل گوجل (وادئِ ہنزہ
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Attabad Lake, Gojal, also known as Gojal Lake, is a lake in the
Gojal Valley of northern Pakistan created in January 2010 by a
landslide dam.
The lake was formed due to a massive landslide at Attabad village
in Gilgit-Baltistan, 9 miles (14 km) upstream (east) of Karimabad
that occurred on January 4, 2010. The landslide killed twenty
people and blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months.
The Gojal Valley, which is worst affected as a result of this lake,
is home to three rare ethnic groups, namely the Wakhi (80%),
Burushaski (18%), and Domaki (2%).[18] The entire population
of Domaki speakers, a very small minority and historically
marginalized community, was displaced from their village
of Shishkat.
The Wakhi and Burushaski speaking minority ethnic groups
have also been affected severely as a result of the disaster.
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