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Nagar District
The Nagar District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District into two districts: the Hunza District and the Nagar District. The Nagar District is bounded on the north and north-east by the Hunza District, on the south-east by the Shigar District, on the south by the Gilgit District, and on the west by the Gupis-Yasin District. The district headquarters in the town of Nagarkhas. Administration The District Nagar administratively comprises two Tehsils, Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Nagar-II. All the villages of upper Nagar including Shayar, Askurdas, Sumayar, Nagarkhas, Hoper Valley, and Hispar come under the Tehsil Nagar-I. While all the villages of lower Nagar including Bar, Chalt, Buladas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal, Phekar, and Hakuchar are the par of Tehsil Nagar-II. Political r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Gilgit-Baltistan
The number rose from seven to ten in 2016 after the addition of 2 districts in Baltistan Valley and the bifurcation of the Hunza–Nagar District, Hunza-Nagar district. , there are 14 districts in Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit Baltistan, 5 in the Baltistan Division, 5 in the Gilgit Division and 4 in the Diamer Division. The number rose from seven to ten in 2016 after the addition of 2 districts in Baltistan Valley and the bifurcation of the Hunza–Nagar District, Hunza-Nagar district. In 2019, Darel District, Darel, Tangir District, Tangir, Gupis-Yasin District, Gupis–Yasin and Roundu District, Roundu were announced as new districts. Each district is further divided into tehsils and Union councils of Pakistan, union councils. Districts of Gilgit Baltistan See also * List of tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan References {{DEFAULTSORT:Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Districts of Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilgit District
The Gilgit District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit. According to the 1998 census, the Gilgit District had a population of 243,324. The district includes Gilgit (the capital city), the Bagrot Valley, Juglot, Danyore, Sultanabad, Naltar Peak, and the Nomal Valley. The highest peak in the district is Distaghil Sar , which is the seventh-highest peak in Pakistan and 19th highest in the world. Administration The Gilgit District is divided into three tehsils: * Danyor Tehsil * Gilgit Tehsil * Juglot Tehsil Education According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, the Gilgit District was ranked 35th out of 148 districts in terms of education. In terms of facilities and infrastructure, the district was ranked 67th out of 148. Geography The Gilgit District is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, on the east by the Shigar Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hopar Valley
The Hopar Valley (Urdu: وادی ہوپر) is a scenic portion of the Nagar Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 10 km away from Nagar Khas, the principal city of the Nagar Valley. Hopar Valley is home of the Spantik and Hopar (Hopper) glaciers. Geographical features Hopar Valley is a cluster of villages around a natural bowl at a bend of Baltoro Glacier. Opposite to Hopar the white Bualtar is joined by the Barpu Glacier. This is a base camp for treks into the high, glacier-draped peaks called the Hispar Muztagh. Whole population of this valley is Burushaski speakers. The valley has a number of natural formations, including glaciers, lakes, and high mountains. Glaciers There are three glaciers in the valley: # Hoper glacier # Barpu glacier # Miar glacier #Daranci glacier #Geentur or Supulter glacier Lakes 'Rush Lake Hoper' is the most visited tourist destination in the valley. Rush Lake Hoper is situated in Nagar District Gilgit Baltistan, Pakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nagar Valley
Nagar (Nagar) is a former princely state and one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is along the Karakoram Highway on the way north from the city of Gilgit. The valley is home to many high mountain peaks including Rakaposhi (7788m), Diran Peak (7265m), Golden Peak and Rush Peak. The Nagar valley is administratively divided into two Tehsils: Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Nagar-II. All the villages of upper Nagar including Shayar, Askurdas, Sumayar, Nagarkhas, Hoper Valley, and Hispar come under the Tehsil Nagar-I, whereas the villages of lower Nagar including Chalt Paeen, Chalt Bala, Sonikot, Akbarabad, Rabat, Bar, Buddalas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal, Phekar, and Hakuchar are the part of Tehsil Nagar-II. Burushaski and Shina languages are spoken in the valley. The Rush Lake, the highest Alpine lake of Pakistan and the 27th highest lake in the world also lies in this valley. Etymology T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dadhimal
Dadimal is a small village in Nagar District, Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar .... It is between Fakar and Miacher. Populated places in Nagar District {{Pakistan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hispar
The Hispar Valley or Hispar (Urdu.وادی ہسپر) is the last Valley of Nagar Valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The valley is located two kilometers below the snout of the 49 kilometer-long Hispar Glacier. It is about 28 km away from Nagar Khas and 25 km away from Hoper Valley. It can be reached from the Karakoram Highway by the road that leads towards Nagar and Hopar Valley. The Hispar valley links the Nagar District to the Shigar District via Hispar Pass at the altitude of 16,824 ft. Peaks, glaciers and mountain passes Peaks * Golden Peak * Miar Peak * Malubiting * Hispar Sar Glaciers * Hispar Glacier * Biafo Glacier Mountain passes * Hispar Pass Valleys nearby * Hoper Valley *Nagarkhas *Nagar Valley * Sumayar Valley *Hunza Valley See also * Biafo Glacier * State of Nagar Nagar ( ur, , ''Riyasat Nagar'') was a princely salute state in the northern part of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. Until August 1947, it was in a subsidiary al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoper Valley
The Hopar Valley (Urdu: وادی ہوپر) is a scenic portion of the Nagar Valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, in Pakistan. It is about 10 km away from Nagar Khas, the principal city of the Nagar Valley. Hopar Valley is home of the Spantik and Hopar (Hopper) glaciers. Geographical features Hopar Valley is a cluster of villages around a natural bowl at a bend of Baltoro Glacier. Opposite to Hopar the white Bualtar is joined by the Barpu Glacier. This is a base camp for treks into the high, glacier-draped peaks called the Hispar Muztagh. Whole population of this valley is Burushaski speakers. The valley has a number of natural formations, including glaciers, lakes, and high mountains. Glaciers There are three glaciers in the valley: # Hoper glacier # Barpu glacier # Miar glacier #Daranci glacier #Geentur or Supulter glacier Lakes 'Rush Lake Hoper' is the most visited tourist destination in the valley. Rush Lake Hoper is situated in Nagar District Gilgit Baltistan, Pakis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumayar
Sumayar or Sumer'' ( ur, سمائر; ) is a small valley in the Nagar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is located at the confluence of Hunza River and Nagar River (Pakistan). It is bounded by eroded landscape from the north-east and mountain ridges from the south. Moreover, the valley is composed of nine small villages: Khai, Futhkhai, Yal, Boshat, Rashfari, Resman, Daltho, Thopkhan, and Jotorkhan. It is around away from Gilgit city and takes around one and a half or two hours to reach the valley. The adjoining areas are Askurdas and Shayar. Sumayar, Askurdas, and Shayar are combinedly known as SAS Valley. The Sumayar valley has numerous tourist attractions including Snowy Mountains such as, Dumani, a north-east side of Diran and Silkiyang Peak, Silkiyang Glacier, Altusill and Menamgusham meadows, Baraimochay Farimuch, and Hayano camping sites, Mamubar stream, and Gemstone mining area Chumar Bakur. The valley contains the reserves of various Gems and Mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gupis-Yasin District
The Gupis-Yasin District ( ur, ) is the westernmost district of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Gupis-Yasin District was created in 2019 from the Gupis Tehsil and the Yasin Tehsil, which were the two western tehsils of the former, larger Ghizer District. Geography The Gupis-Yasin District is bounded on the north and west by the Upper Chitral District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, on the east by the Ghizer District, on the south by the Swat District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Upper Kohistan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The map of the former Ghizer District shows the Yasin Tehsil and the former, larger Gupis Tehsil, which was subsequently divided into two tehsils: the present, smaller Gupis Tehsil and the Phander Tehsil. The present Ghizer District consists of the Ishkoman Tehsil and the Punial Tehsil. Administration The Gupis-Yasin District consists of three tehsils: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shigar District
Shigar District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The district is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, the Hunza District, and the Kashgar Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the south-east by the Ghanche District, on the south-west by the Rondu District and the Skardu District, and on the west by the Gilgit District. The Shigar District was established in 2015, prior to which time it had been part of the Skardu District. The headquarters of the Shigar District is the town of Shigar, which is from the city of Skardu , nickname = , motto = , image_skyline = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Gilgit Baltistan#Pakistan , pushpin_label_position .... The district is home to the world's second-highest peak, K2. References Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan {{Pakistan-geo-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Units Of Pakistan
The administrative units of Pakistan comprise four provinces, one federal territory, and two disputed territories: the provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan; the Islamabad Capital Territory; and the administrative territories of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit–Baltistan. As part of the Kashmir conflict with neighbouring India, Pakistan has also claimed sovereignty over the Indian-controlled territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since the First Kashmir War of 1947–1948, but has never exercised administrative authority over either region. All of Pakistan's provinces and territories are subdivided into divisions, which are further subdivided into districts, and then tehsils, which are again further subdivided into union councils. History of Pakistan Early history Pakistan inherited the territory comprising its current provinces from the British Raj following the Partition of India on 14 August 1947. Two days after independence, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunza District
The Hunza District ( ur, ) is one of the 14 districts of the Pakistani province of Gilgit-Baltistan. It was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District in accordance with a government decision to establish more administrative units in Gilgit-Baltistan. The district headquarters is the town of Karimabad. Geography The Hunza District is bounded on the north and east by the Kashgar Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the south by the Nagar District and the Shigar District, on the west by the Ghizer District, and on the north-west by the Wakhan District of Afghanistan's Badakhshan Province. The Hunza District represents the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent. It is home to the historic passes through the Karakoram Mountains (the Killik, Mintaka, Khunjerab, and Shimshal passes) through which trade and religion passed between Central Asia, China, and India for centuries. The present-day Karakoram Highway passes through t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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