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 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.Tangir River OpenStreetMap, retrieved 22 January 2022.
History
Prior to 2019, the Tangir District was a tehsil of the
Diamer District
The Diamer District ( ur, ), also spelled Diamir District,) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Chilas. The district is bounded by on the north by the Tangir and the Gilgit dis ...
, 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
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 w ...
, on the north-east by the Ghizer District, on the east by the
Darel District
The Darel District (Urdu: ) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.
It is located towards south-west of Gilgit District. Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Darel River, a right tributary of the Indus River.< ...
, and on the south and west by 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
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 ...