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Lost kingdom Hunza boasts remarkable longevity and isolation
In northern Pakistan’s Hunza valley a remote box tram ferry and cable crossing mark entry to a hidden realm where 32000 Hunzans live in 8000 square miles. Visitors are scarce since 1914 yet the people display extraordinary longevity with many living beyond a century. Mir Muhammad Jamal Khan notes his forebears’ long lives as proof. A planned hydrogenerator project promises electricity and new industry.
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