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Tangir District
The Tangir District (Urdu: ) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. It is located at a distance of 67 km from Chilas. Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Tangir River, a right tributary of the Indus River. OpenStreetMap, retrieved 22 January 2022. History Prior to 2019, the Tangir District was a tehsil of the , along with Darel and Chilas. The government of Pakistan announced the district carved out of Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.Geography The Tangir District is bounded on the north by the |
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] |
Chilas
Chilas ( ur, ) is a city and is the divisional capital of Diamer District located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, on the Indus River. It is part of the Silk Road connected by the Karakoram Highway and N-90 National Highway, which link it to Islamabad and Peshawar in the southwest, via Hazara and Malakand Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the north, Chilas is connected to the Chinese cities of Tashkurgan and Kashgar in Xinjiang, via Gilgit, Aliabad, Sust, and the Khunjerab Pass. Chilas comes under Gilgit-Baltistan. It is the Headquarters of District Diamir.1(Pamir Times August 2, 2012.) The weather is hot and dry in the summer and dry and cold in the winter. It can be reached through the Karakoram highway and also from the Kaghan valley passing over the Babusar Pass. Chilas is situated on the left bank of the mighty Indus River. The beautiful fairy meadows and Nanga Parbat, the ninth highest peak in the world, is also located in Chilas Recently, Karakoram International Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Kohistan District
Upper Kohistan District ( Kohistani, ur, ) is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Overview and history In 2014, the government bifurcated Kohistan District into two districts namely Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 307,286, of which 166,774 were males and 140,504 females. The entire population was rural. 24 people in the district were from religious minorities. 97.95% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. Administrative Units In 2014, Upper Kohistan District is subdivided into two Tehsils while on 31 May 2018, Kundai was upgraded into subdivision and two more tehsils were created. With that change, the district has one subdivision and three tehsils in total as shown below: * Dassu (district capital) * Kandia (subdivision) *Seo (also spell as Suo) * Urban Basha (also spell as Harba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
