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Skardu Skad
Skardu ( ur, , translit=Skardū, ; bft, སྐར་དོ་་, script=Tibt, ) is a city located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Gilgit−Baltistan, a part of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Skardu serves as the capital of Skardu District and the Baltistan Division. Skardu is situated at an elevation of nearly in the Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus River, Indus and Shigar Rivers. The city is an important gateway to the eight-thousanders of the nearby Karakoram mountain range. The Indus River running through the region separates the Karakoram from the Himalayas. Etymology The name "Skardu" is believed to be derived from the Balti word meaning "a low land between two high places." The two referenced "high places" are Shigar city, and the high-altitude Satpara Lake The first mention of Skardu dates to the first half of the 16th century. Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Mirza Haidar (1499–1551) described ''Askardu'' in the 16th-century text ''Tarikh-i-Rashidi Baltistan'' as one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be defined as a permanent and densely settled place with administratively defined boundaries whose members work primarily on non-agricultural tasks. Cities generally have extensive systems for housing, transportation, sanitation, utilities, land use, production of goods, and communication. Their density facilitates interaction between people, government organisations and businesses, sometimes benefiting different parties in the process, such as improving efficiency of goods and service distribution. Historically, city-dwellers have been a small proportion of humanity overall, but following two centuries of unprecedented and rapid urbanization, more than half of the world population now lives in cities, which has had profound consequences for g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
