Beautiful Baltistan

ﺑﻠﺘﺴﺘﺎﻥ), also
known as ﺑﻠﺘﯿﻮﻝ (Baltiyul) in the
Balti language, is a region in
northern Pakistan , bordering
Xinjiang Autonomous Region of
China. It is situated in the
Karakoram mountains just to the
south of K2, the world's second
highest mountain. It is an
extremely mountainous region,
with an average altitude of over
3,350 m (11,000 ft). It is inhabited
principally by Balti Shia Ithna Ashri,
of Tibetan descent who converted
from Tibetan Buddhism prior to
the 16th century.There is a small
minority of Bhahais sect in
Baltististan