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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 ...
The traditional cap of Gilgit Baltistan has played a major role in defining the identity of people of Gilgit Baltistan. The cap has different names in major local languages. In Shina and Khowar languages the cap is called Khoi; in Burushaski, Phartsun or Pharsen; and in Wakhi, Sekeed. The cap's design is slightly different in Baltistan and is ...
The rock carvings found in various places in Gilgit-Baltistan, especially those found in the Passu village of hunza Nagar, suggest a human presence since 2000 BC. It is believed that the Burusho people were the indigenous of the region and were pushed higher into the mountains by the movements of the Indo-Aryans, who traveled southward sometime around 1800 B.C." Within the next few centuries ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "People from Gilgit-Baltistan" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.