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Gilgit (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t /; Shina: گلیٗت; Urdu: گلگت IPA: [ˈɡɪlɡɪt]) is a city in Pakistani-administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit and the Hunza rivers.
Gilgit-Baltistan (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t ˌ b ɔː l t ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان [12] listen ⓘ), [a] formerly known as the Northern Areas, [13] is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan ...
At the beginning of the 20th century, a hut was built on the crest of the pass, where couriers delivered mail and messages from British India to China. [5] The city of Gilgit is located some 367 kilometres (228 mi) [3] from Srinagar by road via the Burzil Pass above the northern banks of Wular Lake and Gurez in the Indian-administered territory ...
Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 120 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 37.2° N; S: 32.1° N; W: 72.4° E; E: 80.5° E; Date: 15 April 2010: Source: using United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data; World Data Base II data; Author: RaviC, based on File:India Jammu and Kashmir location map.svg by NordNordWest: Permission ...
Gilgit-Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north, and the Indian-administered region of Jammu and Kashmir to the south and south-east.
Large aquamarine beryl from the Haramosh Mountains, Gilgit District. The Gilgit District (Urdu: ضلع گلگت) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit. At the 1998 census, the Gilgit District had a population of ...
The district encompasses the entire Roundu Valley, which is the fourth-largest valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, [3] after the Skardu, Khaplu, and Shigar valleys. The Roundu valley lies in the western part of the Baltistan Division and forms the main trade and travel route between the Baltistan Division and the Gilgit Division .
Shigar District (Urdu: ضلع شِگر) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is home to the world's second highest peak, K2, also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen.