The Gupis-Yasin District ( ur, ) is the westernmost district of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of

Gilgit-Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan (; ), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory, and constituting the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region which has been the subject of a dispute bet ...

. The Gupis-Yasin District was created in 2019 from the Gupis Tehsil and the

Yasin Tehsil Yasin, also known as Babayei-Yasin, is a tehsil of Gupis-Yasin District in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It consists of several side-valleys, such as Center Yasin, Thaus, Nazbar, Morke, Thui, Sulatanabad, Sandi, Qorkulti, Gholjalti, Bar ...

, which were the two western

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

s of the former, larger Ghizer District.

Geography

The Gupis-Yasin District is bounded on the north and west by the

Upper Chitral District Upper Chitral District ( ps, چترال بالا ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa situated on the Chitral River. Upper Chitral District along with Chitral lower district were part of the erstw ...

of Pakistan's

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ...

, on the east by the Ghizer District, on the south by the

Swat District Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa prov ...

of Pakistan's

and the

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 ...

of Pakistan's

. The map of the former Ghizer District shows the

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: * Gupis Tehsil * Phander Tehsil *

The district headquarters is the town of Phander.

Notes

References

Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan 2019 establishments in Pakistan States and territories established in 2019 {{GilgitBaltistan-geo-stub