The Gilgit District ( Urdu : ضلع گلگت ) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. 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 Bagrot Valley , Juglot , Danyore , Sultanabad, Naltar Peak , 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.
5-706: Gilgit District is divided into three tehsils: According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings of 2015, the Gilgit District was ranked 35th out of 148 districts of Pakistan in terms of education. In terms of facilities and infrastructure, the district was ranked 67 out of 148. Gilgit District is bounded on the north by the Nagar District , on the east by the Shigar District and
10-552: A tehsil) had a population of 22,495, distributed in 46 villages divided further into 12 subdivisions. Roughly 50% of the population followed Shia Islam and 49% other forms of Islam ( Sunni ). According to scholar Martin Sökefeld, the Sunni missionaries came from the south, Shia from the east and Ismaili from the north. Nagar District Nagar District ( Urdu : ضلع نگر ) is a district of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan area in
15-1035: The Rondu District , on the south by the Tangir District , the Diamer District , and the Astore District , and on the west by the Ghizer District . The main rivers in the district are: There are many tributaries of the main rivers, some of which are the Ghujerab River, the Hispar River , the Naltar River, the Shimshal River, and the Yaheen River. In the 1941 census, the Gilgit District (then
20-662: The disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 14 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District into two districts: the Hunza District and the Nagar District. The Nagar District is bounded on the north and north-east by the Hunza District , on the south-east by the Shigar District , on the south by the Gilgit District , and on
25-711: The west by the Gupis-Yasin District . The district headquarters in the town of Nagarkhas . The District Nagar administratively comprises three Tehsils, Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Nagar-II. and Tehsil Shenbar/Chalt. All the villages of Uyum Nager or upper Nagar including Shayar, Askurdas, Sumayar , Nagarkhas , Hoper Valley , and Hispar come under the Tehsil Nagar-I. While all the villages of lower Nagar including Bar, Chalt, Buladas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Masoot, Yal, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal , Phekar, and Hakuchar are
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