Hunza DistrictHunza District (IPA:, Urdu: ضلع ہنزہ, Burushaski: ہُنزݳ ضِلع) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputedKashmir region. It was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District in accordance with a government decision for administrative reforms in Gilgit-Baltistan. The district headquarters is the town of Baltit, officially known as Karimabad. GeographyThe Hunza District largely coincides with the Hunza Valley.
Yasin ValleyYasin Valley is a high-altitude mountain valley in the Hindu Kush mountain range, located along the in the northern region of the Gupis-Yasin District in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The valley is situated approximately 148 kilometers (92 miles) from the city of Gilgit, which serves as the capital of Gilgit-Baltistan. Within the valley's territory lies Yasin Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the region.
Language isolateLanguage that has no demonstrable genetic relationship with other languagesLocations of a few examples of language isolatesA language isolate, sometimes called an isolated language, is a language that has no demonstrable genealogical relationship with any other language. That is, an isolate is a language family that only contains one member.
Gilgit-BaltistanRegion administered by PakistanRegion administered by Pakistan as an administrative territoryGilgit-Baltistan (; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان), formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.
Nagar DistrictNagar District (Urdu: ضلع نگر) is a district in the Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, in the larger disputed Kashmir region. Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the into two districts: the Nagar District and the Hunzu District. GeographyThe Nagar District largely coincides with Nagar Valley.
Kashmir ValleyThe Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley or basin in the northern part of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The valley is surrounded by the ranges of the Himalayas, bounded on the southwest by the lower Himalayan Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the Greater Himalayan Range. It is approximately 135 km (84 mi) long and 32 km (20 mi) wide, and drained by the Jhelum River.
IndiaCountry in South AsiaIndia, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is near Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
Burusho peopleThe Burusho or Brusho, also known as Botraj and Hunzakut, are an ethnolinguistic group native to Yasin, Hunza-Nagar and other valleys of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan, with a small minority residing in Jammu and Kashmir, India. Their language, Burushaski, has been classified as a language isolate. The region inhabited by the Burusho people is traditionally known as Brushal.
Gupis-Yasin DistrictThe Gupis-Yasin District (Urdu: ضلع گوپیس یاسین) lies in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is the western most of the 14 districts in Gilgit-Baltistan. This district was established in 2019 by merging Gupis Tehsil and the Yasin Tehsil. These two western tehsils were originally part of the larger Ghizer District but were reorganized to create the Gupis-Yasin District as a separate administrative entity within Gilgit-Baltistan.
Gilgit DistrictThe Gilgit District (Urdu: ضلع گلگت) is a district in Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit. The district includes the Bagrot Valley, Juglot, Danyore, Sultanabad, Naltar Valley, and the Nomal Valley. The highest peak in the district is Distaghil Sar 7,885 metres (25,869 ft), which is the seventh-highest peak in Pakistan and 19th highest in the world.
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