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Gilgit-Baltistan (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t ˌ b ɔː l t ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان listen ⓘ), 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 ...
History of Gilgit-Baltistan. 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 ...
The traditional hat of Gilgit-Baltistan is a soft, round-topped, men's hat, typically made of wool and found in a variety of earthy colours: brown, black, grey, or ivory. Before it is fitted and worn, the traditional hat resembles a bag with a round, flat bottom. The wearer rolls up the sides nearly to the top, forming a thick band, which then ...
Balti people. The Baltis are a Tibetic ethnic group who are native to the Pakistani -administered territory of Gilgit−Baltistan and the Indian -administered territory of Ladakh, predominantly in the Kargil district with smaller concentrations present in the Leh district. Outside of the Kashmir region, Baltis are scattered throughout Pakistan ...
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 ...
Burusho people. The Burusho, or Brusho ( Burushaski: بُرُشݸ, burúśu [6] ), also known as the Botraj, [7] [8] are an ethnolinguistic group indigenous to the Yasin, Hunza, Nagar, and other valleys of Gilgit–Baltistan in northern Pakistan, [9] with a tiny minority of around 350 Burusho people residing in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Shina people. The Shina ( Shina: ݜݨیاٗ, Ṣiṇyaá) or Gilgitis [7] are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group [8] primarily residing in Gilgit–Baltistan and Indus Kohistan in Pakistan, as well as in the Dras Valley and Kishenganga Valley ( Gurez) in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in India. [9] They speak an Indo-Aryan ...
Chaqchan Mosque. / 35.156062; 76.330582. The Chaqchan Mosque ( Urdu: مسجد چقچن; meaning “The Miraculous Mosque” [1]) is a mosque in the city of Khaplu, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. Dating from 1370, the mosque is one of the oldest in the region, and dates from the time when the area's populace converted en ...