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The Gilgit District ( Urdu: ضلع گلگت) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit. At the 1998 census, the Gilgit District had a population of 243,324. The district includes Gilgit (the capital city), the ...
Statistics. According to a World Bank Economic Report On Gilgit-Baltistan (2010–11), the net primary school enrolment in Gilgit Baltistan is 51%, the net middle-school enrollment is 17%, and only 14% are enrolled in matric school. [8] In other words, only 17 out of every 100 students achieve the middle level and only 14 out of every 100 ...
In 2017 census, Gilgit District has the highest population of 330,000 and Hunza District the lowest of 50,000. Languages. Gilgit-Baltistan is a multilingual region where Urdu being a national and official language serves as the lingua franca for inter ethnic communications. English is co-official and also used in education, while Arabic is used ...
Area code. +92. Gilgit ( / ˈɡɪlɡɪt /; Shina: گلیٗت; Urdu: گلگت IPA: [ˈɡɪlɡɪt]) is a city in Pakistani -administered Gilgit–Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is the capital of the Gilgit-Baltistan region. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit and the Hunza rivers.
Hunza. Coordinates. 36°19′01″N 74°39′00″E / . 36.316942°N 74.649900°E. / 36.316942; 74.649900. [1] Baltit fort as seen from Ultar Hunza. The Hunza Valley ( Burushaski: ہُنزݳ دِش, romanized: Hunza Dish; Wakhi / Urdu: وادی ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the northern part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of ...
Education. According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2017, Ghanche is ranked 29th out of 141 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked 118th out of 155. See also. Pakistan portal; Districts of Gilgit–Baltistan; Constituency GBLA-24; 2012 Gayari Sector avalanche
The Skardu District ( Urdu: ضلع سکردو) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] Skardu District is bounded on the east by the Ghanche District, on the south by the Kharmang District, on the west by the Astore District, on the north-west by the Rondu District and on the north by the ...
Gilgit-Baltistan is an administrative territory of Pakistan that borders the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the northwest, the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China to the north, and the Indian -administered region of Jammu and Kashmir to the south and south-east.