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data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Asturianu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">Azərbaycanca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="قلقت-بلتستان – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="قلقت-بلتستان" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target">تۆرکجه</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8" title="গিলগিত-বালতিস্তান – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গিলগিত-বালতিস্তান" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target">বাংলা</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target">閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гилгит-Балтистан – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Гилгит-Балтистан" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target">Башҡортса</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гілгіт-Балтыстан – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Гілгіт-Балтыстан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гілгіт-Балтыстан – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Гілгіт-Балтыстан" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target">Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target">भोजपुरी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гилгит-Балтистан – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Гилгит-Балтистан" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Български</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target">Català</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Areas_(lalawigan)" title="Northern Areas (lalawigan) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Northern Areas (lalawigan)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cebuano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltist%C3%A1n" title="Gilgit-Baltistán – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistán" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target">Čeština</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" title="Gilgit–Baltistan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Gilgit–Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target">Cymraeg</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target">Deutsch</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Eesti</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%84-%CE%9C%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Γκιλγκίτ-Μπαλτιστάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Γκιλγκίτ-Μπαλτιστάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ελληνικά</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltist%C3%A1n" title="Gilgit-Baltistán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Español</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltilando" title="Gilgit-Baltilando – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Gilgit-Baltilando" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target">Esperanto</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target">Euskara</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گلگت بلتستان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="گلگت بلتستان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target">فارسی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target">Français</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B8%B8%EA%B8%B0%ED%8A%B8%EB%B0%9C%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4%ED%83%84" title="길기트발티스탄 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="길기트발티스탄" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target">한국어</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target">हिन्दी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Hrvatski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Indonesia</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гилгит-Балтистан – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Гилгит-Балтистан" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target">Ирон</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Italiano</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98-%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9F" title="גילגיט-בלטיסטן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גילגיט-בלטיסטן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target">עברית</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target">ქართული</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%90%D9%84%DA%AF%D9%8E%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%90%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گِلگَت بالتِستان – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="گِلگَت بالتِستان" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target">कॉशुर / کٲشُر</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit_et_Baltistania" title="Gilgit et Baltistania – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Gilgit et Baltistania" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgita-Baltist%C4%81na" title="Gilgita-Baltistāna – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Gilgita-Baltistāna" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Latviešu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgitas-Baltistanas" title="Gilgitas-Baltistanas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Gilgitas-Baltistanas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Lietuvių</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target">मैथिली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BD%E0%B4%97%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B1%E0%B5%8D-%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BE%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB" title="ഗിൽഗിറ്റ്-ബാൾട്ടിസ്ഥാൻ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഗിൽഗിറ്റ്-ബാൾട്ടിസ്ഥാൻ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target">മലയാളം</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9F-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्तान – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्तान" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target">मराठी</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%A2-%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98" title="გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target">მარგალური</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گلگت بلتستان – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="گلگت بلتستان" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target">مازِرونی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target">Bahasa Melayu</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target">Nederlands</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8" title="गिल्गित बस्तिस्तान – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="गिल्गित बस्तिस्तान" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target">नेपाली</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3" title="ギルギット・バルティスタン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ギルギット・バルティスタン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target">日本語</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk bokmål</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target">Norsk nynorsk</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%97%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A4-%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8" title="ਗਿਲਗਿਤ-ਬਾਲਤਿਸਤਾਨ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਗਿਲਗਿਤ-ਬਾਲਤਿਸਤਾਨ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گلگت بلتستان – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="گلگت بلتستان" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target">پنجابی</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AB%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%AB%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ګيلګيت بلتيستان – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="ګيلګيت بلتيستان" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target">پښتو</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Polski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guilguite-Baltist%C3%A3o" title="Guilguite-Baltistão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Guilguite-Baltistão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target">Português</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target">Qırımtatarca</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гилгит-Балтистан – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гилгит-Балтистан" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Русский</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D" title="गिलगित-बाल्टिस्थानम् – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="गिलगित-बाल्टिस्थानम्" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target">संस्कृतम्</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sat mw-list-item"><a href="https://sat.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9C%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%9B-%E1%B1%B5%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%9E%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%A4%E1%B1%A5%E1%B1%9B%E1%B1%9F%E1%B1%B1" title="ᱜᱤᱞᱜᱤᱛ-ᱵᱟᱞᱛᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ – Santali" lang="sat" hreflang="sat" data-title="ᱜᱤᱞᱜᱤᱛ-ᱵᱟᱞᱛᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ" data-language-autonym="ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ" data-language-local-name="Santali" class="interlanguage-link-target">ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target">Scots</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target">Simple English</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%84%DA%AF%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86" title="گلگت بلتستان – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="گلگت بلتستان" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target">سنڌي</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Slovenščina</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82-%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Гилгит-Балтистан – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Гилгит-Балтистан" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target">Српски / srpski</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Suomi</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Gilgit-Baltistan" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target">Svenska</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D" title="வடக்கு நிலங்கள் – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="வடக்கு நிலங்கள்" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target">தமிழ்</a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a 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.infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Gilgit-Baltistan</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native" lang="ur"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">گلگت بلتستان</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category">Region administered by Pakistan as an <a href="/wiki/Administrative_units_of_Pakistan" title="Administrative units of Pakistan">administrative territory</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="background-color:Color of spacing between the images (default:black);border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid Color of border surrounding the montage (default:black);width:250px;display:table;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:1px 0 0 1px"><div style="display:table;background-color:Color of spacing between the images (default:black);border-collapse:collapse"><div style="display:table-row"><div style="display:table-cell;border-top:0;padding:0 1px 1px 0"><a href="/wiki/File:Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake,_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg/250px-Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg/375px-Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg/500px-Trekkers_along_with_porters_towards_Snow_Lake%2C_over_Biafo_Glacier_61Km.jpg 2x" 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href="/wiki/Biafo_Glacier" title="Biafo Glacier">Biafo Glacier</a> Bottom: <a href="/wiki/Nanga_Parbat_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanga Parbat Mountain">Nanga Parbat Mountain</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/File:Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A map of the disputed Kashmir region with the two Pakistan-administered areas shaded in sage-green.[1]"><img alt="Map of the disputed Kashmir region showing areas of control by India, Pakistan, and China" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg/250px-Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="268" class="mw-file-element" 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.geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Gilgit-Baltistan&params=35.35_N_75.9_E_type:city_region:PK">35°21′N 75°54′E / 35.35°N 75.9°E / 35.35; 75.9</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Administering country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1 November 1948 (<a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Independence_Day" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day">Gilgit-Baltistan Independence Day</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest city</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><a href="#cite_note-Sökefeld-6">[6]</a></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Administrative territory</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Government of Gilgit-Baltistan">Government of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Governor of Gilgit-Baltistan">Governor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Syed_Mehdi_Shah" title="Syed Mehdi Shah">Syed Mehdi Shah</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan">Chief Minister</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulbar_Khan" title="Gulbar Khan">Gulbar Khan</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Chief_Secretary_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Secretary (Pakistan)">Chief Secretary</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ahmed Ali Mirza <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Administrative_Service" title="Pakistan Administrative Service">(BPS 21-PAS)</a><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_legislatures_in_South_Asia#Pakistan" title="List of legislatures in South Asia">Legislature</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly">Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/High_courts_of_Pakistan" title="High courts of Pakistan">High Court</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Appellate_Court_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan">Supreme Appellate Court Gilgit-Baltistan</a><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">72,496 km2 (27,991 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> </th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="#cite_note-unpo.org-7">[7]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (2017)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,492,924<a href="#cite_note-citypopulation.de-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B05:00" title="UTC+05:00">UTC+05:00</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">PKT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166-2:PK" title="ISO 3166-2:PK">PK-GB</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shina_language" title="Shina language">Shina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wakhi_language" title="Wakhi language">Wakhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Burushaski" title="Burushaski">Burushaski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khowar" title="Khowar">Khowar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domaki" class="mw-redirect" title="Domaki">Domaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purgi_language" title="Purgi language">Purgi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Changthang_language" title="Changthang language">Changthang</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brokskat" title="Brokskat">Brokskat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> (administrative)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_administrative_units_of_Pakistan_by_Human_Development_Index" title="List of administrative units of Pakistan by Human Development Index">HDI</a> (2019)</th><td class="infobox-data">0.592 <img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" 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class="infobox-label">Assembly seats</th><td class="infobox-data">33<a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Pakistan" title="Divisions of Pakistan">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_in_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="List of districts in Gilgit-Baltistan">Districts</a></th><td class="infobox-data">14<a href="#cite_note-PT2019-10">[10]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_tehsils_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="List of tehsils of Gilgit-Baltistan">Tehsils</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31<a href="#cite_note-pnd.gog.pk-11">[11]</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Union_council_(Pakistan)" class="mw-redirect" title="Union council (Pakistan)">Union Councils</a></th><td class="infobox-data">113</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk/">gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk</a></td></tr></tbody></table> Gilgit-Baltistan (<a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/ˌɡɪlɡɪt ˌbɔːltɪˈstɑːn, -stæn/</a>; <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان <a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a> <span data-nosnippet="" 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the northern portion of the larger <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> region, which has been the subject of a <a href="/wiki/Kashmir#Kashmir_dispute" title="Kashmir">dispute</a> between <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959.<a href="#cite_note-tertiary-kashmir-1">[1]</a> It borders <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> to the south, the province of <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> to the west, the <a href="/wiki/Wakhan_Corridor" title="Wakhan Corridor">Wakhan Corridor</a> of <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a> to the north, the <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a> region of <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> to the east and northeast, and the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir#Current_status_and_political_divisions" title="Kashmir">Indian-administered</a> union territories of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> to the southeast. The region, together with Azad Kashmir in the southwest, is grouped and referred to by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a> and other international organisations as "<a href="/wiki/Pakistan-administered_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan-administered Kashmir">Pakistan-administered Kashmir</a>".<a href="#cite_note-19">[note 1]</a> Gilgit-Baltistan is six times larger than Azad Kashmir in terms of geographical area.<a href="#cite_note-20">[18]</a> The territory of present-day Gilgit-Baltistan became a separate administrative unit in 1970 under the name "Northern Areas". It was formed by the amalgamation of the former <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit Agency</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan district</a>, and several small former <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a>, the largest of which were <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagar_(princely_state)" title="Nagar (princely state)">Nagar</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahid_Javed_Burki2015-21">[19]</a> In 2009, the region was renamed "Gilgit-Baltistan" and granted limited autonomy through the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Gilgit-Baltistan#Gilgit-Baltistan_Empowerment_and_Self-Governance_Order_2009" title="Government of Gilgit-Baltistan">Self-Governance Order</a> signed by then Pakistani president <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a>, a move that was reportedly intended to also empower the territory's people; however, scholars state that the real power rests with the governor and not with the chief minister or elected assembly.<a href="#cite_note-22">[20]</a><a href="#cite_note-23">[21]</a> Much of the population of Gilgit-Baltistan reportedly wants the territory to become integrated with Pakistan proper as a fifth province, and opposes integration with the rest of the Kashmir region.<a href="#cite_note-:0-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-25">[23]</a> The Pakistani government had rejected calls from the territory for provincial status on the grounds that granting such a request would jeopardise Pakistan's demands for the entire Kashmir conflict to be resolved according to <a href="/wiki/UN_mediation_of_the_Kashmir_dispute" title="UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute">all related United Nations resolutions</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Schofield-26">[24]</a> However, in November 2020, Pakistani prime minister <a href="/wiki/Imran_Khan" title="Imran Khan">Imran Khan</a> announced that Gilgit-Baltistan would attain provisional provincial status after the <a href="/wiki/2020_Gilgit-Baltistan_Assembly_election" title="2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election">2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election</a>.<a href="#cite_note-ProvisionalProvincialStatus1-27">[25]</a><a href="#cite_note-ProvisionalProvincialStatus2-28">[26]</a><a href="#cite_note-ProvisionalProvincialStatus3-29">[27]</a> Gilgit-Baltistan covers an area of over 72,971 km2 (28,174 sq mi)<a href="#cite_note-unpo.org-7">[7]</a> and is highly mountainous. It had an estimated population of 1.249 million people in 2013<a href="#cite_note-Scouts-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-News18-31">[29]</a> (estimated to be 1.8 million in 2015 (<a href="#CITEREFShahid_Javed_Burki2015">Shahid Javed Burki (2015)</a>). Its capital city is <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a> with an estimated population of 216,760. The economy is dominated by <a href="/wiki/Agriculture_in_Pakistan" title="Agriculture in Pakistan">agriculture</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan">tourism industry</a>.<a href="#cite_note-32">[30]</a> The region is home to five of the 14 <a href="/wiki/Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">eight-thousanders</a>, including <a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a>, and has more than fifty mountain peaks above 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). Three of the world's longest <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a> outside of <a href="/wiki/Polar_regions_of_Earth" title="Polar regions of Earth">Earth's polar regions</a> are found in Gilgit-Baltistan. The main tourism activities are <a href="/wiki/Backpacking_(hiking)" title="Backpacking (hiking)">trekking</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">mountaineering</a>, and this industry has been growing in importance throughout the region. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="History of Gilgit-Baltistan">History of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg/270px-Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg" decoding="async" width="270" height="203" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg/405px-Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg/540px-Buddha_at_Kargah_Gilgit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>Photograph of <a href="/wiki/Kargah_Buddha" title="Kargah Buddha">Kargah Buddha</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a>; "The ancient <a href="/wiki/Stupa" title="Stupa">Stupa</a> – rock carvings of Buddha, everywhere in the region, point to the firm hold of <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> for such a long time."<a href="#cite_note-windowtogb.blogspot.it-33">[31]</a></figcaption></figure> The rock carvings found in various places in Gilgit-Baltistan, especially in the <a href="/wiki/Passu" title="Passu">Passu</a> village of <a href="/wiki/Hunza_Valley" title="Hunza Valley">Hunza</a>, suggest a human presence since 2000 BC.<a href="#cite_note-34">[32]</a> Within the next few centuries of human settlement on the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibetan plateau">Tibetan plateau</a>, this region became inhabited by Tibetans, who preceded the <a href="/wiki/Balti_people" title="Balti people">Balti people</a> of <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a>. Today Baltistan bears similarity to <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> physically and culturally (although not in religion). <a href="/wiki/Dards" class="mw-redirect" title="Dards">Dards</a> are found mainly in the western areas. These people are the <a href="/wiki/Shina_language" title="Shina language">Shina</a>-speaking peoples of Gilgit, <a href="/wiki/Chilas" title="Chilas">Chilas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Astore_District" title="Astore District">Astore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diamir_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Diamir District">Diamir</a>, while in Hunza and the upper regions, <a href="/wiki/Burushaski" title="Burushaski">Burushaski</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khowar_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Khowar language">Khowar</a> speakers predominate. The Dards find mention in the works of <a href="/wiki/Herodotus" title="Herodotus">Herodotus</a>,<a href="#cite_note-35">[note 2]</a> <a href="/wiki/Nearchus" title="Nearchus">Nearchus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Megasthenes" title="Megasthenes">Megasthenes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pliny_the_Elder" title="Pliny the Elder">Pliny</a>,<a href="#cite_note-36">[note 3]</a> <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a>,<a href="#cite_note-37">[note 4]</a> and the geographical lists of the <a href="/wiki/Purana" class="mw-redirect" title="Purana">Puranas</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Luciano2-38">[33]</a> In the 1st century, the people of these regions were followers of the Bon religion while in the 2nd century, they practised Buddhism. Between 399 and 414, the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Faxian" title="Faxian">Faxian</a> visited Gilgit-Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-39">[34]</a> In the 6th century Somana Palola (greater Gilgit-Chilas) was ruled by an unknown king. Between 627 and 645, the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a> travelled through this region on his pilgrimage to India. According to Chinese records from the <a href="/wiki/Tang_dynasty" title="Tang dynasty">Tang dynasty</a>, between the 600s and the 700s, the region was governed by a Buddhist dynasty referred to as Bolü (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 勃律; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: bólǜ), also transliterated as Palola, Patola, Balur.<a href="#cite_note-40">[35]</a> They are believed to have been the <a href="/wiki/Patola_Shahis" title="Patola Shahis">Patola Shahis</a> dynasty mentioned in a <a href="/wiki/Brahmi_script" title="Brahmi script">Brahmi</a> inscription,<a href="#cite_note-41">[36]</a> and devout adherents of <a href="/wiki/Vajrayana_Buddhism" class="mw-redirect" title="Vajrayana Buddhism">Vajrayana Buddhism</a>.<a href="#cite_note-42">[37]</a> At the time, Little Palola (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 小勃律) was used to refer to Gilgit, while Great Palola (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 大勃律) was used to refer to Baltistan. However, the records do not consistently disambiguate the two. <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png/220px-Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png/330px-Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png/440px-Tibetan_empire_greatest_extent_780s-790s_CE.png 2x" data-file-width="1792" data-file-height="1361" /></a><figcaption>Map of <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan Empire</a> citing the areas of Gilgit-Baltistan as part of its kingdom in 780–790 CE</figcaption></figure> In mid-600s, Gilgit came under Chinese suzerainty after the fall of the <a href="/wiki/Western_Turkic_Khaganate" title="Western Turkic Khaganate">Western Turkic Khaganate</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tang_campaigns_against_the_Western_Turks" title="Tang campaigns against the Western Turks">Tang military campaigns in the region</a>. In the late 600s CE, the rising <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan Empire</a> wrestled control of the region from the Chinese. However, faced with growing influence of the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid Caliphate</a> to the west, the Tibetans were forced to ally themselves with the Islamic caliphates. The region was then contested by Chinese and Tibetan forces, and their respective vassal states, until the mid-700s.<a href="#cite_note-43">[38]</a> Rulers of Gilgit formed an alliance with the Tang Chinese, and held back the Arabs with their help.<a href="#cite_note-bradnock-44">[39]</a> Between 644 and 655, Navasurendrāditya-nandin became king of the Palola Sāhi dynasty in Gilgit.<a href="#cite_note-early_buddhist_transmission-45">[40]</a> Numerous Sanskrit inscriptions, including the <a href="/wiki/Danyor_Rock_Inscriptions" title="Danyor Rock Inscriptions">Danyor Rock Inscriptions</a>, were discovered to be from his reign.<a href="#cite_note-Stein2011-46">[41]</a> In the late 600s and early 700s, Jayamaṅgalavikramāditya-nandin was king of Gilgit.<a href="#cite_note-early_buddhist_transmission-45">[40]</a> According to Chinese court records, in 717 and 719 respectively, delegations of a ruler of Great Palola (Baltistan) named Su-fu-she-li-ji-li-ni (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 蘇弗舍利支離泥; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: sūfúshèlìzhīlíní) reached the Chinese imperial court.<a href="#cite_note-47">[42]</a><a href="#cite_note-48">[43]</a> By at least 719/720, <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> (Mard) became part of the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Empire" title="Tibetan Empire">Tibetan Empire</a>. By that time, <a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> was practised in <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> was the written language. In 720, the delegation of Surendrāditya (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 蘇麟陀逸之; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: sūlíntuóyìzhī) reached the Chinese imperial court. He was referred to in Chinese records as the king of Great Palola; however, it is unknown if Baltistan was under Gilgit rule at the time.<a href="#cite_note-New_Book_of_Tang_221-49">[44]</a> The Chinese emperor also granted the ruler of Cashmere, Chandrāpīḍa ("Tchen-fo-lo-pi-li"), the title of "King of Cashmere". By 721/722, Baltistan had come under the influence of the Tibetan Empire.<a href="#cite_note-50">[45]</a> In 721–722, the Tibetan army attempted but failed to capture Gilgit or Bruzha (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Yasin_valley&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yasin valley (page does not exist)">Yasin valley</a>). By this time, according to Chinese records, the king of Little Palola was Mo-ching-mang (<a href="/wiki/Chinese_language" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a>: 沒謹忙; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: méijǐnmáng). He had visited the Tang court requesting military assistance against the Tibetans.<a href="#cite_note-New_Book_of_Tang_221-49">[44]</a> Between 723 and 728, the Korean Buddhist pilgrim <a href="/wiki/Hyecho" title="Hyecho">Hyecho</a> passed through this area. In 737/738, Tibetan troops under the leadership of Minister <a href="/wiki/Bel_Kyesang_Dongtsab" title="Bel Kyesang Dongtsab">Bel Kyesang Dongtsab</a> of Emperor <a href="/wiki/Me_Agtsom" class="mw-redirect" title="Me Agtsom">Me Agtsom</a> took control of Little Palola. By 747, the Chinese army under the leadership of the ethnic-Korean commander <a href="/wiki/Gao_Xianzhi" title="Gao Xianzhi">Gao Xianzhi</a> had recaptured Little Palola.<a href="#cite_note-51">[46]</a> Great Palola was subsequently captured by the Chinese army in 753 under military Governor <a href="/wiki/Feng_Changqing" title="Feng Changqing">Feng Changqing</a>. However, by 755, due to the <a href="/wiki/An_Lushan_rebellion" title="An Lushan rebellion">An Lushan rebellion</a>, the Tang Chinese forces withdrew and were no longer able to exert influence in <a href="/wiki/Central_Asia" title="Central Asia">Central Asia</a> or in the regions around Gilgit-Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-52">[47]</a> The control of the region was left to the Tibetan Empire. They referred to the region as Bruzha, a toponym that is consistent with the ethnonym "<a href="/wiki/Burusho_people" title="Burusho people">Burusho</a>" used today. Tibetan control of the region lasted until late-800s CE.<a href="#cite_note-53">[48]</a> Turkic tribes practising <a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> arrived in Gilgit during the 7th century, and founded the <a href="/wiki/Trakhan_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Trakhan dynasty">Trakhan dynasty</a> in Gilgit.<a href="#cite_note-bradnock-44">[39]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval_history">Medieval history</h3></div> In the 14th century, Sufi Muslim preachers from Persia and Central Asia introduced Islam in Baltistan. Famous amongst them was <a href="/wiki/Mir_Sayyid_Ali_Hamadani" title="Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani">Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani</a>, who came through <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a><a href="#cite_note-54">[49]</a> while in the Gilgit region Islam entered in the same century through Turkic <a href="/wiki/Tarkhan" title="Tarkhan">Tarkhan</a> rulers. Gilgit-Baltistan was ruled by many local rulers, amongst whom the <a href="/wiki/Maqpon_dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Maqpon dynasty">Maqpon dynasty</a> of <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> and the Rajas of <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a> were famous. The Maqpons of Skardu unified Gilgit-Baltistan with <a href="/wiki/Chitral" title="Chitral">Chitral</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, especially in the era of <a href="/wiki/Ali_Sher_Khan_Anchan" title="Ali Sher Khan Anchan">Ali Sher Khan Anchan</a><a href="#cite_note-55">[50]</a> who had friendly relations with the <a href="/wiki/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire">Mughal</a> court.<a href="#cite_note-56">[51]</a> Anchan's reign brought prosperity and entertained art, sport, and variety in architecture. He introduced polo to the Gilgit region, and sent a group of musicians from Chitral to <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> to learn <a href="/wiki/Indian_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian music">Indian music</a>; <a href="/wiki/Mughal_architecture" title="Mughal architecture">Mughal architecture</a> influenced the architecture of the region as well under his reign.<a href="#cite_note-57">[52]</a> Later Anchan in his successors Abdal Khan had great influence though in the popular literature of Baltistan, where he is still alive as a dark figure by the nickname "Mizos", "man-eater". The last Maqpon Raja, Ahmed Shah, ruled all of Baltistan between 1811 and 1840. The areas of Gilgit, Chitral and Hunza had already become independent of the Maqpons.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Before the demise of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit#History##Trakhàn_Dynasty" title="Gilgit">Shribadat</a>, a group of <a href="/wiki/Shina_people" title="Shina people">Shina people</a> migrated from Gilgit <a href="/wiki/Dardistan" title="Dardistan">Dardistan</a> and settled in the <a href="/wiki/Dras" title="Dras">Dras</a> and Kharmang areas. The descendants of those <a href="/wiki/Dards" class="mw-redirect" title="Dards">Dardic people</a> can be still found today, and are believed to have maintained their Dardic culture and <a href="/wiki/Shina_language" title="Shina language">Shina language</a> up to the present time.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_Princely_State_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir">Under Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg/280px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="218" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg/420px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg/560px-Jammu_and_Kashmir_in_1946_map_of_India_by_National_Geographic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1551" data-file-height="1209" /></a><figcaption>The princely state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, (National Geographic, 1946). Shown are the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit Agency</a>, consisting of subsidiary states of Jammu and Kashmir, and the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_wazarat" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit wazarat">Gilgit wazarat</a>, including the Gilgit Leased Area (shown in white). <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a> was part of the large area of the Ladakh-Baltistan wazarat in the east.</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-POV plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-POV" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/45px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png" decoding="async" width="45" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/68px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Unbalanced_scales.svg/90px-Unbalanced_scales.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="354" /></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutrality</a> of this section is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NPOV_dispute" title="Wikipedia:NPOV dispute">disputed</a>. 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Ahmad Shah was then forced to accompany Zorawar Singh on his raid into Western Tibet. Meanwhile, Baghwan Singh was appointed as administrator (<a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Thanadar" class="extiw" title="wikt:Thanadar">thanadar</a>) in Skardu. But in the following year, Ali Khan of <a href="/wiki/Roundu_District" title="Roundu District">Rondu</a>, Haidar Khan of <a href="/wiki/Shigar" title="Shigar">Shigar</a> and Daulat Ali Khan from <a href="/wiki/Khaplu" title="Khaplu">Khaplu</a> led a successful uprising against the Dogras in Baltistan and captured the Dogra commander Baghwan Singh in Skardu.<a href="#cite_note-60">[55]</a> In 1842, Dogra Commander Wasir Lakhpat, with the active support of Ali Sher Khan (III) from <a href="/wiki/Kartaksho" class="mw-redirect" title="Kartaksho">Kartaksho</a>, conquered Baltistan for the second time. There was a violent capture of the fortress of <a href="/wiki/Skardu_Fort" title="Skardu Fort">Kharphocho</a>. Haidar Khan from Shigar, one of the leaders of the uprising against the Dogras,<a href="#cite_note-61">[56]</a> was imprisoned and died in captivity. Gosaun was appointed as administrator (Thanadar) of Baltistan and till 1860, the entire region of Gilgit-Baltistan was under the <a href="/wiki/Sikhs" title="Sikhs">Sikhs</a> and then the <a href="/wiki/Dogras" title="Dogras">Dogras</a>.<a href="#cite_note-62">[57]</a><a href="#cite_note-63">[58]</a> After the defeat of the Sikhs in the <a href="/wiki/First_Anglo-Sikh_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First Anglo-Sikh War">First Anglo-Sikh War</a>, the region became a part of the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_and_Jammu_(princely_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kashmir and Jammu (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> princely state, which since 1846 had remained under the rule of the Dogras. The population in Gilgit perceived itself as ethnically different from Kashmiris and disliked being ruled by the Kashmir state.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010125–126-64">[59]</a> The region remained with the princely state, with temporary leases of some areas assigned to the British, until 1 November 1947. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Kashmir_War">First Kashmir War</h3></div> After Pakistan's independence, Jammu and Kashmir initially remained an independent state. Later on 22 October 1947, tribal militias backed by Pakistan crossed the border into Jammu and Kashmir after <a href="/wiki/1947_Poonch_rebellion" title="1947 Poonch rebellion">Poonch rebellion</a> and <a href="/wiki/1947_Jammu_massacres" title="1947 Jammu massacres">Jammu Muslim massacre</a>.<a href="#cite_note-65">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-66">[61]</a> <a href="/wiki/Hari_Singh" title="Hari Singh">Hari Singh</a> made a plea to India for assistance and signed the <a href="/wiki/Instrument_of_Accession" title="Instrument of Accession">Instrument of Accession</a>, making his state a part of India. India air-lifted troops to defend the Kashmir Valley and the invaders were pushed back behind <a href="/wiki/Uri,_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="Uri, Jammu and Kashmir">Uri</a>. Gilgit's population did not favour the State's accession to India.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010128-67">[62]</a> The Muslims of the frontier ilaqas (Gilgit and the adjoining hill states) had wanted to join Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden201314-68">[63]</a> Sensing their discontent, Major <a href="/wiki/William_Brown_(British_Army_officer)" title="William Brown (British Army officer)">William Brown</a>, the Maharaja's commander of the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Scouts" title="Gilgit Scouts">Gilgit Scouts</a>, mutinied on 1 November 1947, <a href="/wiki/1947_Gilgit_rebellion" title="1947 Gilgit rebellion">overthrowing the governor Ghansara Singh</a>. The bloodless coup d'état was planned by Brown to the last detail under the code name "Datta Khel", which was also joined by a rebellious section of the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_State_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir State Forces">Jammu and Kashmir State Forces</a> under <a href="/wiki/Mirza_Hassan_Khan" title="Mirza Hassan Khan">Mirza Hassan Khan</a>. Brown ensured that the treasury was secured and minorities were protected. A provisional government (Aburi Hakoomat) was established by the Gilgit locals with Raja Shah Rais Khan as the president and Mirza Hassan Khan as the commander-in-chief. However, Major Brown had already telegraphed <a href="/wiki/Khan_Abdul_Qayyum_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan">Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan</a> asking Pakistan to take over. Pakistan's political agent, Khan Mohammad Alam Khan, arrived on 16 November and took over the administration of Gilgit.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchofield200363–64-69">[64]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010-70">[65]</a> Brown outmaneuvered the pro-Independence group and secured the approval of the mirs and rajas for accession to Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-Schofield2000-71">[66]</a> According to Brown, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote">Alam replied [to the locals], "you are a crowd of fools led astray by a madman. I shall not tolerate this nonsense for one instance... And when the Indian Army starts invading you there will be no use screaming to Pakistan for help, because you won't get it."... The provisional government faded away after this encounter with Alam Khan, clearly reflecting the flimsy and opportunistic nature of its basis and support.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010133-72">[67]</a></blockquote> The provisional government lasted 16 days. According to scholar Yaqub Khan Bangash, it lacked sway over the population. The Gilgit rebellion did not have civilian involvement and was solely the work of military leaders, not all of whom had been in favour of joining Pakistan, at least in the short term. Historian <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hasan_Dani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Hasan Dani">Ahmed Hasan Dani</a> says that although there had been a lack of public participation in the rebellion, pro-Pakistan sentiments were intense in the civilian population and their anti-Kashmiri sentiments were also clear.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010132-73">[68]</a> According to various scholars, the people of Gilgit as well as those of Chilas, <a href="/wiki/Golaghmuli_Valley" title="Golaghmuli Valley">Koh Ghizr</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ishkoman_Valley" title="Ishkoman Valley">Ishkoman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasin_Valley" title="Yasin Valley">Yasin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punial" title="Punial">Punial</a>, Hunza and <a href="/wiki/Nagar_(princely_state)" title="Nagar (princely state)">Nagar</a> joined Pakistan by choice.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010137-74">[69]</a><a href="#cite_note-75">[70]</a><a href="#cite_note-Zutshi2004-76">[71]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200824-77">[72]</a><a href="#cite_note-78">[73]</a> After taking control of Gilgit, the Gilgit Scouts along with Azad irregulars moved towards <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a> and captured <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> by May 1948. They successfully blocked Indian reinforcements sent to relieve Skardu, and proceeded towards <a href="/wiki/Kargil" title="Kargil">Kargil</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leh" title="Leh">Leh</a>. Indian forces mounted an offensive in the autumn of 1948 to push them back from Ladakh, but Baltistan came into the rebels' territory.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESchofield200366-79">[74]</a><a href="#cite_note-80">[75]</a> On 1 January 1948, India took the issue of Jammu and Kashmir to the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Security_Council" title="United Nations Security Council">United Nations Security Council</a>. In April 1948, the Council passed a resolution calling for Pakistan to withdraw from all of Jammu and Kashmir and for India to reduce its forces to the minimum level, following which a plebiscite would be held to ascertain the people's wishes.<a href="#cite_note-Bose-81">[76]</a> However, no withdrawal was ever carried out. India insisted that Pakistan had to withdraw first and Pakistan contended there was no guarantee that India would withdraw afterwards.<a href="#cite_note-82">[77]</a> Gilgit-Baltistan, along with the western districts that came to be called <a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu and Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a>, have remained under the control of Pakistan ever since.<a href="#cite_note-Warikoo-83">[78]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Inside_Pakistan">Inside Pakistan</h3></div> While the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan expressed a desire to join Pakistan after gaining independence from Maharaja <a href="/wiki/Hari_Singh" title="Hari Singh">Hari Singh</a>, Pakistan declined to merge the region into itself because of the territory's link to <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200824-77">[72]</a> For a short period after joining Pakistan, Gilgit-Baltistan was governed by Azad Kashmir if only "theoretically, but not practically" through its claim of being an alternative government for Jammu and Kashmir.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden201391-84">[79]</a> In 1949, the Government of Azad Kashmir handed over the administration of Gilgit-Baltistan to the federal government under the <a href="/wiki/Karachi_Agreement_(Azad_Kashmir)" title="Karachi Agreement (Azad Kashmir)">Karachi Agreement</a>. According to Indian journalist Paul Sahni, this is seen as an effort by Pakistan to legitimise its rule over Gilgit-Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESahni200973-85">[80]</a> According to Pakistani analyst Ershad Mahmud, there were two reasons why administration was transferred from Azad Kashmir to Pakistan: <ul><li>the region was inaccessible from Azad Kashmir, and</li> <li>because both the governments of Azad Kashmir and Pakistan knew that the people of the region were in favour of joining Pakistan in a potential referendum over Kashmir's final status.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200824-77">[72]</a></li></ul> According to the <a href="/wiki/International_Crisis_Group" title="International Crisis Group">International Crisis Group</a>, the Karachi Agreement is highly unpopular in Gilgit-Baltistan because Gilgit-Baltistan was not a party to it even while it was its own fate was being decided.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDiscord_in_Pakistan's_Northern_Areas20075-86">[81]</a> From then until the 1990s, Gilgit-Baltistan was governed through the colonial-era <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Crimes_Regulations" class="mw-redirect" title="Frontier Crimes Regulations">Frontier Crimes Regulations</a>, which were originally created for the <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">northwest tribal regions</a>. They treated tribal people as "barbaric and uncivilised," levying collective fines and punishments.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBansal200760-87">[82]</a><a href="#cite_note-fringes-88">[83]</a> People had no right to legal representation or appeal.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPriyanka_Singh201316-89">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-fringes-88">[83]</a> Members of tribes had to obtain prior permission from the police to travel anywhere, and had to keep the police informed about their movements.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaman200987-90">[85]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBehera2007180-91">[86]</a> There was no democratic set-up during this period. All political and judicial powers remained in the hands of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Kashmir_Affairs_and_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan">Ministry of Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas</a> (KANA). The people of Gilgit-Baltistan were deprived of rights enjoyed by citizens of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200825-92">[87]</a> A primary reason for this state of affairs was the remoteness of Gilgit-Baltistan. Another factor was that the whole of Pakistan itself was deficient in democratic norms and principles, therefore the federal government did not prioritise democratic development in the region. There was also a lack of public pressure as an active civil society was absent in the region, with young educated residents usually opting to live in Pakistan's urban centers instead of staying in the region.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200825-92">[87]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Northern_Areas">Northern Areas</h4></div> In 1970 the two parts of the territory, viz., the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit Agency</a> and <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a>, were merged into a single administrative unit, and given the name "Northern Areas".<a href="#cite_note-Weightman-93">[88]</a>[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">failed verification</a>] The <a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Shaksgam tract</a> was ceded by Pakistan to China following the signing of the <a href="/wiki/Sino-Pakistan_Agreement" title="Sino-Pakistan Agreement">Sino-Pakistani Frontier Agreement</a> in 1963.<a href="#cite_note-Chellaney-94">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-95">[90]</a> In 1969, a Northern Areas Advisory Council (NAAC) was created, later renamed to Northern Areas Council (NAC) in 1974 and Northern Areas Legislative Council (NALC) in 1994. But it was devoid of legislative powers. All law-making was concentrated in the KANA Ministry of Pakistan. In 1994, a Legal Framework Order (LFO) was created by the KANA Ministry to serve as the de facto constitution for the region.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDiscord_in_Pakistan's_Northern_Areas20078–9-96">[91]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200828–29-97">[92]</a> In 1974, the former State Subject law was abolished in Gilgit Baltistan, and Pakistanis from other areas could buy land and settle.<a href="#cite_note-98">[93]</a> In 1984 the territory's importance shot up within Pakistan with the opening of the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a> and the region's population became more connected to mainland Pakistan. The improved connectivity facilitated the local population to avail itself of educational opportunities in the rest of Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200825-26-99">[94]</a> Italso allowed the political parties of Pakistan and Azad Kashmir to set up local branches, raise political awareness in the region. According to Ershad Mahmud, these Pakistani political parties have played a 'laudable role' in organising a movement for democratic rights among the residents of Gilgit-Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200825-92">[87]</a> In the <a href="/wiki/1988_Gilgit_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="1988 Gilgit Massacre">1988 Gilgit Massacre</a>, groups of Islamist Sunnis, supported by <a href="/wiki/Osama_bin_Laden" title="Osama bin Laden">Osama bin Laden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pervez_Musharraf" title="Pervez Musharraf">Pervez Musharraf</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zia-ul_Haq" class="mw-redirect" title="Zia-ul Haq">General Zia-ul Haq</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mirza_Aslam_Beg" title="Mirza Aslam Beg">Mirza Aslam Beg</a> slaughtered hundreds of local Shias.<a href="#cite_note-Undaunted-100">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Present_structure">Present structure</h4></div> In the late 1990s, the President of Al-Jihad Trust filed a petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan to determine the legal status of Gilgit-Baltistan. In its judgement of 28 May 1999, the Court directed the Government of Pakistan to ensure the provision of equal rights to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, and gave it six months to do so. Following the Supreme Court decision, the government took several steps to devolve power to the local level. However, in several policy circles, the point was raised that the Pakistani government was helpless to comply with the court verdict because of the strong political and sectarian divisions in Gilgit-Baltistan and also because of the territory's historical connection with the still disputed Kashmir region, and that this prevented the determination of Gilgit-Baltistan's real status.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200827-101">[96]</a> A position of 'Deputy Chief Executive' was created to act as the local administrator, but the real powers still rested with the 'Chief Executive', who was the Federal Minister of KANA. "The secretaries were more powerful than the concerned advisors," in the words of one commentator. In spite of various reforms packages over the years, the situation is essentially unchanged.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200826–27-102">[97]</a> Meanwhile, public rage in Gilgit-Baltistan "[grew] alarmingly." Prominent "antagonist groups" have mushroomed protesting the absence of civic rights and democracy.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMahmud200832-103">[98]</a> The Pakistani government has debated granting provincial status to Gilgit-Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-104">[99]</a> Gilgit-Baltistan has been a member state of the <a href="/wiki/Unrepresented_Nations_and_Peoples_Organization" title="Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization">Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization</a> since 2008.<a href="#cite_note-105">[100]</a> According to Antia Mato Bouzas, the PPP-led Pakistani government has attempted a compromise through its 2009 reforms between its traditional stand on the Kashmir dispute and the demands of locals, most of whom may have pro-Pakistan sentiments. While the 2009 reforms have added to the self-identification of the region, they have not resolved the constitutional status of the region within Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-106">[101]</a> According to 2010 news reports, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan want to merge into Pakistan as a separate fifth province.<a href="#cite_note-:0-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-25">[23]</a> However, as of 2015 leaders of <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> were opposed to any step towards integrating Gilgit-Baltistan into Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-107">[102]</a> The people of Gilgit-Baltistan have opposed integration with Azad Kashmir. They desire Pakistani citizenship and a constitutional status for their region.<a href="#cite_note-:0-24">[22]</a><a href="#cite_note-:1-25">[23]</a> In 2016, for the first time in the country's Constitution, Gilgit-Baltistan had been mentioned by name.<a href="#cite_note-108">[103]</a> In September 2020, it was reported that Pakistan decided to elevate Gilgit-Baltistan's status to that of a full-fledged province.<a href="#cite_note-109">[104]</a><a href="#cite_note-:2-110">[105]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Government of Gilgit-Baltistan">Government of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg/300px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg/450px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg/600px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Assembly_Building.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="2268" /></a><figcaption>Gilgit Baltisan assembly located in Jutial Gilgit</figcaption></figure> The territory of present-day Gilgit-Baltistan became a separate administrative unit in 1970 under the name "Northern Areas". It was formed by the amalgamation of the former <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit Agency</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a> District of the Ladakh Wazarat and the hill states of <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(hill_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hunza (hill state)">Hunza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nagar_(hill_state)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagar (hill state)">Nagar</a>. It presently consists of fourteen districts,<a href="#cite_note-PT2019-10">[10]</a><a href="#cite_note-Tribune2017-111">[106]</a> has a population approaching one million and an area of approximately 73,000 square kilometres (28,000 square miles), and shares borders with Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, and India. In 1993, an attempt was made by the High Court of <a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu and Kashmir">Azad Jammu and Kashmir</a> to annexe Gilgit-Baltistan but was quashed by the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Pakistan" title="Supreme Court of Pakistan">Supreme Court of Pakistan</a> after protests by the locals of Gilgit-Baltistan, who feared domination by the Kashmiris.<a href="#cite_note-Schofield-26">[24]</a> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a> abolished State Subject Rule in Gilgit-Baltistan in 1974, which resulted in demographic changes in the territory.<a href="#cite_note-112">[107]</a><a href="#cite_note-113">[108]</a> While administratively controlled by Pakistan since the <a href="/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1947" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1947">First Kashmir War</a>, Gilgit-Baltistan has never been formally integrated into the Pakistani state and does not participate in Pakistan's constitutional political affairs.<a href="#cite_note-indian_express-114">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-gilgit_polls-115">[110]</a> On 29 August 2009, the Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009, was passed by the Pakistani cabinet and later signed by the then <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a> <a href="/wiki/Asif_Ali_Zardari" title="Asif Ali Zardari">Asif Ali Zardari</a>.<a href="#cite_note-116">[111]</a> The order granted self-rule to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, by creating, among other things, an elected <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Legislative_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly">Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Council" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Council">Gilgit-Baltistan Council</a>. Gilgit-Baltistan thus gained a de facto province-like status without constitutionally becoming part of Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-indian_express-114">[109]</a><a href="#cite_note-dawn_gilgit-117">[112]</a> Currently, Gilgit-Baltistan is neither a province nor a state. It has a semi-provincial status.<a href="#cite_note-118">[113]</a> Traditionally, the Pakistani government had rejected Gilgit-Baltistani calls for integration with Pakistan on the grounds that it would jeopardise its demands for the whole <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">Kashmir issue</a> to be resolved according to UN resolutions.<a href="#cite_note-Schofield-26">[24]</a> However, since Imran Khan announced that it would be granted provisional provincial status, the <a href="/wiki/List_of_political_parties_in_Pakistan" title="List of political parties in Pakistan">Pakistani political parties</a> finally agree to pass constitutional amendment to propose Gilgit-Baltistan as a province.<a href="#cite_note-119">[114]</a><a href="#cite_note-120">[115]</a> Some Kashmiri nationalist groups, such as the <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_Liberation_Front" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front">Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front</a>, claim Gilgit-Baltistan as part of a future independent state to match what existed in 1947.<a href="#cite_note-Schofield-26">[24]</a> India, on the other hand, maintains that Gilgit-Baltistan is a part of the former princely state of <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> that is "an integral part of the country [India]."<a href="#cite_note-121">[116]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Regions">Regions</h3></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png/300px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png/450px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png/600px-Gilgit_Baltistan_Administrative_divisions_and_districts.png 2x" data-file-width="660" data-file-height="361" /></a><figcaption>Gilgit-Baltistan is administered as three divisions</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png/300px-Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png/450px-Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png/600px-Gilgit-Baltistan_map_with_tehsils_labelled.png 2x" data-file-width="8058" data-file-height="4022" /></a><figcaption>Fourteen districts in 2019</figcaption></figure> Gilgit-Baltistan is administratively divided into three divisions: Baltistan, Diamer and Gilgit,<a href="#cite_note-divisions-122">[117]</a> which, in turn, are divided into fourteen districts. The principal administrative centers are the towns of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a>. <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Division </th> <th>District </th> <th>Area (km2) </th> <th>Capital </th> <th>Population (2013)<a href="#cite_note-citypopulation-123">[118]</a> </th> <th>Divisional Capital </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">Baltistan</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghanche_District" title="Ghanche District">Ghanche</a></td> <td align="right">4,052</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Khaplu" title="Khaplu">Khaplu</a></td> <td>108,000</td> <td rowspan="5">Skardu </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shigar_District" title="Shigar District">Shigar</a></td> <td align="right">8,500</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shigar" title="Shigar">Shigar</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kharmang_District" title="Kharmang District">Kharmang</a></td> <td align="right">5,500</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kharmang" class="mw-redirect" title="Kharmang">Kharmang</a></td> <td>- </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Skardu_District" title="Skardu District">Skardu</a></td> <td align="right">8,700</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a></td> <td>305,000* </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Roundu_District" title="Roundu District">Roundu</a></td> <td align="right">NA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dambudas" title="Dambudas">Dambudas</a></td> <td>NA </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5">Gilgit</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilgit_District" title="Gilgit District">Gilgit</a></td> <td align="right">14,672</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a></td> <td>222,000</td> <td rowspan="5">Gilgit </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghizer_District_(2019%E2%80%93)" title="Ghizer District (2019–)">Ghizer</a></td> <td align="right">9,635</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gahkuch" title="Gahkuch">Gahkuch</a></td> <td>190,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hunza_District" title="Hunza District">Hunza</a></td> <td align="right">7,900</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aliabad_(Hunza)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aliabad (Hunza)">Aliabad</a></td> <td>70,000 (2015)<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShafqat_Hussain2015-124">[119]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagar_District" title="Nagar District">Nagar</a></td> <td align="right">5,000</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagar,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagar, Pakistan">Nagar</a></td> <td>51,387 (1998)<a href="#cite_note-citypopulation-123">[118]</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Gupis%E2%80%93Yasin_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Gupis–Yasin District">Gupis–Yasin</a></td> <td align="right">NA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Phander" class="mw-redirect" title="Phander">Phander</a>?</td> <td>NA </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4">Diamer</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Diamer_District" title="Diamer District">Diamer</a></td> <td align="right">10,936</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chilas" title="Chilas">Chilas</a></td> <td>214,000</td> <td rowspan="4">Chilas </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Astore_District" title="Astore District">Astore</a></td> <td align="right">5,092</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eidghah" class="mw-redirect" title="Eidghah">Eidghah</a></td> <td>114,000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Darel_District" title="Darel District">Darel</a></td> <td align="right">NA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Darel" title="Darel">Darel</a></td> <td>NA </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tangir_District" title="Tangir District">Tangir</a></td> <td align="right">NA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ishkoman_Valley" title="Ishkoman Valley">Tangir</a></td> <td>NA </td></tr></tbody></table> * Combined population of Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Roundu districts. Shigar and Kharmang Districts were carved out of Skardu District after 1998. The estimated population of Gilgit-Baltistan was about 1.8 million in 2015<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEShahid_Javed_Burki2015-21">[19]</a> and the overall population growth rate between 1998 and 2011 was 63.1% making it 4.85% annually.<a href="#cite_note-POP2011-125">[120]</a><a href="#cite_note-population-126">[121]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Security">Security</h3></div> Security in Gilgit-Baltistan is provided by the Gilgit-Baltistan Police, the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Baltistan_Scouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit Baltistan Scouts">Gilgit Baltistan Scouts</a> (a paramilitary force), and the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Light_Infantry" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Light Infantry">Northern Light Infantry</a> (part of the Pakistani Army). The <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan_Police" title="Gilgit-Baltistan Police">Gilgit-Baltistan Police</a> (GBP) is responsible for law enforcement in Gilgit-Baltistan. The mission of the force is the prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order and enforcement of the Constitution of Pakistan. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_climate">Geography and climate</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Geography of Gilgit-Baltistan">Geography of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg/220px-Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg/330px-Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg/440px-Blue_Lake_2%2C_Naltar%2C_Gilgit_Baltistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3255" data-file-height="2009" /></div><div class="thumbcaption">Azure coloured water of Naltar Lake III</div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center">Surface elevation = 3050–3150 m[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>]</div></div></div></div> Gilgit-Baltistan borders Pakistan's <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pukhtunkhwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Khyber Pukhtunkhwa">Khyber Pukhtunkhwa</a> province to the west, a small portion of the <a href="/wiki/Wakhan_Corridor" title="Wakhan Corridor">Wakhan Corridor</a> of Afghanistan to the north, China's <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang_Uyghur_Autonomous_Region" class="mw-redirect" title="Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region">Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region</a> to the northeast, the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast, and the Pakistani-administered state of <a href="/wiki/Azad_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Azad Jammu and Kashmir">Azad Jammu and Kashmir</a> to the south. Gilgit-Baltistan is home to all five of Pakistan's "<a href="/wiki/Eight-thousander" title="Eight-thousander">eight-thousanders</a>" and to more than fifty peaks above 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> are the two main hubs for expeditions to those mountains. The region is home to some of the world's <a href="/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains" class="mw-redirect" title="List of highest mountains">highest mountain</a> ranges. The main ranges are the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> and the western <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Pamir_Mountains" title="Pamir Mountains">Pamir Mountains</a> are to the north, and the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a> lies to the west. Amongst the highest mountains are <a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a> (Mount Godwin-Austen) and <a href="/wiki/Nanga_Parbat" title="Nanga Parbat">Nanga Parbat</a>, the latter being one of the most feared mountains in the world. Three of the world's longest <a href="/wiki/Glacier" title="Glacier">glaciers</a> outside the polar regions are found in Gilgit-Baltistan: the <a href="/wiki/Biafo_Glacier" title="Biafo Glacier">Biafo Glacier</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Baltoro_Glacier" title="Baltoro Glacier">Baltoro Glacier</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Batura_Glacier" title="Batura Glacier">Batura Glacier</a>. There are, in addition, several high-altitude lakes in Gilgit-Baltistan: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sheosar_Lake" title="Sheosar Lake">Sheosar Lake</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Deosai_Plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Deosai Plains">Deosai Plains</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naltar_lakes" class="mw-redirect" title="Naltar lakes">Naltar lakes</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Naltar_Valley" title="Naltar Valley">Naltar Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satpara_Lake" title="Satpara Lake">Satpara Tso Lake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a>, Baltistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kachura_Lake" title="Kachura Lake">Katzura Tso Lake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a>, Baltistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zharba_Lake" title="Zharba Lake">Zharba Tso Lake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shigar" title="Shigar">Shigar</a>, Baltistan</li> <li>Phoroq Tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Kharfak" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Kharfak">Lake Kharfak</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ghangche_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghangche District">Gangche</a>, Baltistan</li> <li>Byarsa Tso Lake in <a href="/wiki/Gultari_Valley" title="Gultari Valley">Gultari</a>, Astore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borith_Lake" title="Borith Lake">Borith Lake</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gojal" class="mw-redirect" title="Gojal">Gojal</a>, upper <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a>, Gilgit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rama_Lake_(Pakistan)" title="Rama Lake (Pakistan)">Rama Lake</a> near <a href="/wiki/Astore_(city)" title="Astore (city)">Astore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rush_Lake_(Pakistan)" title="Rush Lake (Pakistan)">Rush Lake</a> near <a href="/wiki/Nagar,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagar, Pakistan">Nagar</a>, Gilgit</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karambar_Lake" title="Karambar Lake">Kromber Lake</a> at Kromber Pass, <a href="/wiki/Ishkoman_Valley" title="Ishkoman Valley">Ishkoman Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ghizer_District_(1974%E2%80%932019)" title="Ghizer District (1974–2019)">Ghizer District</a></li> <li>Barodaroksh Lake in Bar Valley, <a href="/wiki/Nagar_(princely_state)" title="Nagar (princely state)">Nagar</a></li> <li>Ghorashi Lake in Ghandus Valley, <a href="/wiki/Kharmang_District" title="Kharmang District">Kharmang</a></li></ul> The <a href="/wiki/Deosai_Plains" class="mw-redirect" title="Deosai Plains">Deosai Plains</a> are located above the tree line and constitute the second-highest plateau in the world after <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a>, at 4,115 metres (13,501 ft). The plateau lies east of Astore, south of <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> and west of <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>. The area was declared as a <a href="/wiki/National_park" title="National park">national park</a> in 1993. The Deosai Plains cover an area of almost 5,000 square kilometres (1,900 sq mi). For over half the year (between September and May), Deosai is snow-bound and cut off from rest of Astore and Baltistan in winters. The village of Deosai lies close to Chilum chokki and is connected with the Kargil district of Ladakh through an all-weather road. <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Lake_Sudpara.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Satpara Lake, Skardu, in 2002"><img alt="Satpara Lake, Skardu, in 2002" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Lake_Sudpara.JPG/200px-Lake_Sudpara.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Lake_Sudpara.JPG/300px-Lake_Sudpara.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Lake_Sudpara.JPG/400px-Lake_Sudpara.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Satpara_Lake" title="Satpara Lake">Satpara Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a>, in 2002</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Upper Kachura Lake"><img alt="Upper Kachura Lake" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg/200px-Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg/300px-Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg/400px-Beauty_-_Uppaer_Kachura_Lake_Sakardu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="1840" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext">Upper Kachura Lake</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Shangri-La,_Skardu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shangrila Lake, Skardu"><img alt="Shangrila Lake, Skardu" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg/200px-Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg/300px-Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg/400px-Shangri-La%2C_Skardu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Lower_Kachura_Lake" title="Lower Kachura Lake">Shangrila Lake</a>, Skardu</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 235px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 230px; height: 190px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Manthokha Waterfall"><img alt="Manthokha Waterfall" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg/200px-Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="117" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg/300px-Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg/400px-Mantoka_Waterfall_Skardu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6624" data-file-height="3878" /></a></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Manthokha_Waterfall" title="Manthokha Waterfall">Manthokha Waterfall</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rock_art_and_petroglyphs">Rock art and petroglyphs</h3></div> There are more than 50,000 pieces of rock art (<a href="/wiki/Petroglyph" title="Petroglyph">petroglyphs</a>) and inscriptions all along the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a> in Gilgit-Baltistan, concentrated at ten major sites between <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shatial" title="Shatial">Shatial</a>. The carvings were left by invaders, traders, and <a href="/wiki/Pilgrim" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilgrim">pilgrims</a> who passed along the trade route, as well as by locals. The earliest date back to between 5000 and 1000 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>, showing single animals, triangular men and hunting scenes in which the animals are larger than the hunters. These <a href="/wiki/Stone_carving" title="Stone carving">carvings</a> were pecked into the rock with stone tools and are covered with a thick <a href="/wiki/Patina" title="Patina">patina</a> that proves their age. The <a href="/wiki/Ethnologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Ethnologist">ethnologist</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karl_Jettmar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karl Jettmar (page does not exist)">Karl Jettmar</a> [<a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Jettmar" class="extiw" title="de:Karl Jettmar">de</a>] has pieced together the history of the area from inscriptions and recorded his findings in Rock Carvings and Inscriptions in the Northern Areas of Pakistan<a href="#cite_note-127">[122]</a> and the later-released Between Gandhara and the Silk Roads — Rock Carvings Along the Karakoram Highway.<a href="#cite_note-128">[123]</a> Many of these carvings and inscriptions will be inundated and/or destroyed when the planned <a href="/wiki/Diamer-Bhasha_Dam" title="Diamer-Bhasha Dam">Basha-Diamir dam</a> is built and the <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a> is widened. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg/220px-Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg/330px-Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg/440px-Jama_Masjid_Raja_Bazar_Gilgit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1372" data-file-height="1829" /></a><figcaption>Mountains covered in snow, as seen from the Raja Bazar Road Gilgit</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg/220px-Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg/330px-Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg/440px-Glacier_in_Pakistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4128" data-file-height="2322" /></a><figcaption>Glacier in Gilgit Baltistan</figcaption></figure> The climate of Gilgit-Baltistan varies from region to region, since the surrounding mountain ranges create sharp variations in weather. The eastern part has the moist zone of the western Himalayas, but going toward <a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a>, the climate gets considerably drier.<a href="#cite_note-129">[124]</a> There are towns like <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chilas" title="Chilas">Chilas</a> that are very hot during the day in summer yet cold at night and valleys like <a href="/wiki/Astore_Valley" title="Astore Valley">Astore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khaplu" title="Khaplu">Khaplu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yasin_Valley" title="Yasin Valley">Yasin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hunza_(princely_state)" title="Hunza (princely state)">Hunza</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nagar_Valley" title="Nagar Valley">Nagar</a>, where the temperatures are cold even in summer.<a href="#cite_note-130">[125]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate_Change_Effects">Climate Change Effects</h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2022_Gilgit-Baltistan_floods" class="mw-redirect" title="2022 Gilgit-Baltistan floods">2022 Gilgit-Baltistan floods</a></div> Climate change has adversely effected this region with more rains every year. On 26 August 2022, most villages in Ghizer district and Hunza were severely effected by the ongoing flooding displacing many people. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy_and_resources">Economy and resources</h2></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG/220px-Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG" decoding="async" width="220" height="326" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG/330px-Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG/440px-Montage_Gilgit-Baltistan.PNG 2x" data-file-width="813" data-file-height="1206" /></a><figcaption>Montage of Gilgit-Baltistan</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Education_in_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Education in Gilgit-Baltistan">Education in Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> The economy of the region is primarily based on a traditional trade route, the historic <a href="/wiki/Silk_Road" title="Silk Road">Silk Road</a>. The China Trade Organization forum led the people of the area to actively invest and learn modern trade know-how from their Chinese neighbour, <a href="/wiki/Xinjiang" title="Xinjiang">Xinjiang</a>.[<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed">citation needed</a>] Later, the establishment of a chamber of commerce and the <a href="/wiki/Sust" title="Sust">Sust</a> <a href="/wiki/Dry_port" title="Dry port">dry port</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gojal" class="mw-redirect" title="Gojal">Gojal</a> Hunza are milestones. The rest of the economy is shouldered by mainly agriculture and tourism. Agricultural products are wheat, corn (maize), barley, and fruits. Tourism is mostly in trekking and <a href="/wiki/Mountaineering" title="Mountaineering">mountaineering</a>, and this industry is growing in importance.<a href="#cite_note-131">[126]</a><a href="#cite_note-132">[127]</a> As of August 2021<a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gilgit-Baltistan&action=edit">[update]</a>, the gross state product (GSP) nominal of Gilgit-Baltistan was $2.5 billion and GSP (nominal) per capita of Gilgit-Baltistan was $1,748.<a href="#cite_note-:02-133">[128]</a> GSP purchasing power parity (PPP) of Gilgit-Baltistan was $10 billion and GSP (PPP) per capita of GB was $6,028.<a href="#cite_note-:02-133">[128]</a> In early September 2009, <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> signed an agreement with the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> for a major energy project in Gilgit-Baltistan which includes the construction of a 7,000-megawatt dam at <a href="/wiki/Bunji,_Pakistan" title="Bunji, Pakistan">Bunji</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Astore_District" title="Astore District">Astore District</a>.<a href="#cite_note-dawn_gilgit-117">[112]</a> The <a href="/wiki/China%E2%80%93Pakistan_Economic_Corridor" title="China–Pakistan Economic Corridor">China–Pakistan Economic Corridor</a> connects Xinjiang and the hinterland of Pakistan through Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Government of Pakistan hopes that residents of Gilgit-Baltistan will benefit from CPEC and other development projects.<a href="#cite_note-:2-110">[105]</a><a href="#cite_note-134">[129]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Mountaineering">Mountaineering</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Laila_Peak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Laila_Peak.jpg/170px-Laila_Peak.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="264" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Laila_Peak.jpg/255px-Laila_Peak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Laila_Peak.jpg/340px-Laila_Peak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="824" data-file-height="1280" /></a><figcaption>View of <a href="/wiki/Laila_Peak_(Hushe_Valley)" title="Laila Peak (Hushe Valley)">Laila Peak</a>, which is located near <a href="/wiki/Hushe_Valley" title="Hushe Valley">Hushe Valley</a> (a town in <a href="/wiki/Khaplu" title="Khaplu">Khaplu</a>)</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nameless_Tower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Nameless_Tower.jpg/170px-Nameless_Tower.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="256" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Nameless_Tower.jpg/255px-Nameless_Tower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Nameless_Tower.jpg/340px-Nameless_Tower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="3008" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Trango_Towers" title="Trango Towers">Trango Towers</a> offer some of the largest <a href="/wiki/Cliffs" class="mw-redirect" title="Cliffs">cliffs</a> and most challenging <a href="/wiki/Rock_climbing" title="Rock climbing">rock climbing</a> in the world, and every year a number of expeditions from all corners of the globe visit Karakoram to climb the challenging granite.<a href="#cite_note-135">[130]</a> </figcaption></figure> Gilgit-Baltistan is home to more than 20 peaks of over 6,100 metres (20,000 ft), including K-2 the second highest mountain on Earth.<a href="#cite_note-136">[131]</a> Other well known peaks include <a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum</a> (also known as K1), <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Peak" class="mw-redirect" title="Hidden Peak">Hidden Peak</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_IV" title="Gasherbrum IV">Gasherbrum IV</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa">Chogolisa</a>, situated in <a href="/wiki/Khaplu_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Khaplu Valley">Khaplu Valley</a>. The following peaks have so far been scaled by various expeditions: <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name of Peak</th> <th>Photos</th> <th>Height</th> <th>First known ascent</th> <th>Location </th></tr> <tr> <td>1.<a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K-2</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:K2_2006b.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/K2_2006b.jpg/100px-K2_2006b.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/K2_2006b.jpg/150px-K2_2006b.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/K2_2006b.jpg/200px-K2_2006b.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></td> <td>(28,250 ft)</td> <td>31 July 1954</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2. <a href="/wiki/Nanga_Parbat" title="Nanga Parbat">Nanga Parbat</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg/100px-Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg/150px-Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg/200px-Nanga_Parbat_The_Killer_Mountain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5190" data-file-height="4701" /></a></td> <td>(26,660 ft)</td> <td>3 July 1953</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Himalaya">Himalaya</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3. <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gasherbrum2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/100px-Gasherbrum2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/150px-Gasherbrum2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/200px-Gasherbrum2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="334" /></a></td> <td>(26,360 ft)</td> <td>7 July 1956</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4. <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:7_15_BroadPeak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/7_15_BroadPeak.jpg/100px-7_15_BroadPeak.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/7_15_BroadPeak.jpg/150px-7_15_BroadPeak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/7_15_BroadPeak.jpg/200px-7_15_BroadPeak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="768" /></a></td> <td>(26,550 ft)</td> <td>9 June 1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5. <a href="/wiki/Muztagh_Tower" title="Muztagh Tower">Muztagh Tower</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:MuztaghTower.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/MuztaghTower.jpg/100px-MuztaghTower.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/MuztaghTower.jpg/150px-MuztaghTower.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/MuztaghTower.jpg/200px-MuztaghTower.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1194" data-file-height="768" /></a></td> <td>(23,800 ft)</td> <td>6 August 1956</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6. <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Gasherbrum2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/100px-Gasherbrum2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/150px-Gasherbrum2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Gasherbrum2.jpg/200px-Gasherbrum2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="334" /></a> </td> <td>(26,120 ft)</td> <td>4 July 1958</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7. <a href="/wiki/Hidden_Peak" class="mw-redirect" title="Hidden Peak">Hidden Peak</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:HiddenPeak.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/HiddenPeak.jpg/100px-HiddenPeak.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/HiddenPeak.jpg/150px-HiddenPeak.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/HiddenPeak.jpg/200px-HiddenPeak.jpg 2x" data-file-width="790" data-file-height="560" /></a></td> <td>(26,470 ft)</td> <td>4 July 1957</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8. <a href="/wiki/Khunyang_Chhish" class="mw-redirect" title="Khunyang Chhish">Khunyang Chhish</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG/100px-Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG/150px-Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG/200px-Kunyang_Pumari_Chhish.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1325" data-file-height="952" /></a></td> <td>(25,761 ft)</td> <td>4 July 1971</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9. <a href="/wiki/Masherbrum" title="Masherbrum">Masherbrum</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Masherbrum.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Masherbrum.jpg/100px-Masherbrum.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Masherbrum.jpg/150px-Masherbrum.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Masherbrum.jpg/200px-Masherbrum.jpg 2x" data-file-width="659" data-file-height="1024" /></a></td> <td>(25,659 ft)</td> <td>4 August 1960</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10. <a href="/wiki/Saltoro_Kangri" title="Saltoro Kangri">Saltoro Kangri</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Saltoro_Kangri.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saltoro_Kangri.jpg/100px-Saltoro_Kangri.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saltoro_Kangri.jpg/150px-Saltoro_Kangri.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Saltoro_Kangri.jpg/200px-Saltoro_Kangri.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="387" /></a></td> <td>(25,400 ft)</td> <td>4 June 1962</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11. <a href="/wiki/Chogolisa" title="Chogolisa">Chogolisa</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/File:Chogolisa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Chogolisa.jpg/100px-Chogolisa.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="61" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Chogolisa.jpg/150px-Chogolisa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Chogolisa.jpg/200px-Chogolisa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1229" data-file-height="744" /></a> </td> <td>(25,148 ft)</td> <td>4 August 1963</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram">Karakoram</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Basic_facilities">Basic facilities</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg/220px-Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg/330px-Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg/440px-Sui_Northern_Gas_Pipelines_Limited_Plant_in_Gilgit.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited LPG Air Mix Plant in Gilgit</figcaption></figure> Gilgit has not received a gas pipeline infrastructure since Pakistan's independence, unlike other cities. Through the importation of gas cylinders from other provinces, many private gas contractors offer gas cylinders. The LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) Air Mix Plant project by Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited was unveiled in 2020 with the goal of bringing the gas facility to Gilgit. This will significantly reduce deforestation as public uses wood from trees for heating and lighting purpose. The first head office has been built in Gilgit City.<a href="#cite_note-137">[132]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan">Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg/220px-Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg/330px-Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg/440px-Unexpected_Snow_in_Katpana_Skardu.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cold_Desert,_Skardu" class="mw-redirect" title="Cold Desert, Skardu">Cold Desert, Skardu</a> is the world's highest desert</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rush_lake.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rush_lake.JPG/220px-Rush_lake.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rush_lake.JPG/330px-Rush_lake.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Rush_lake.JPG/440px-Rush_lake.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Rush_Lake_(Pakistan)" title="Rush Lake (Pakistan)">Rush Lake</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagar,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagar, Pakistan">Nagar, Pakistan</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg/220px-Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg/330px-Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg/440px-Sheoser_lake_deosai_national_park.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5169" data-file-height="2908" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Sheosar_Lake" title="Sheosar Lake">Sheosar Lake</a> is in the western part of <a href="/wiki/Deosai_National_Park" title="Deosai National Park">Deosai National Park</a></figcaption></figure> Gilgit Baltistan is the capital of tourism in <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>. Gilgit Baltistan is home to some of the highest peaks in the world, including <a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a> the second highest peak in the world. Gilgit Baltistan's landscape includes mountains, lakes, glaciers and valleys. Gilgit Baltistan is not only known for its mountains — it is also visited for its landmarks, culture, history and people.<a href="#cite_note-138">[133]</a> K2 Basecamp, <a href="/wiki/Deosai" class="mw-redirect" title="Deosai">Deosai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Naltar_Valley" title="Naltar Valley">Naltar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fairy_Meadows" class="mw-redirect" title="Fairy Meadows">Fairy Meadows</a> <a href="/wiki/Bagrot_Valley" title="Bagrot Valley">Bagrot Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hushe" title="Hushe">Hushe</a> valley are common places to visit in Gilgit Baltistan.<a href="#cite_note-139">[134]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Provincial_Highways_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan">Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KKH.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/KKH.png/170px-KKH.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="243" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/KKH.png/255px-KKH.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/KKH.png/340px-KKH.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="851" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Babusar_Road.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Babusar_Road.jpg/220px-Babusar_Road.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Babusar_Road.jpg/330px-Babusar_Road.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Babusar_Road.jpg/440px-Babusar_Road.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5312" data-file-height="2988" /></a><figcaption>National Highway N-15 has abrupt direction changes which is a challenge for drivers who use this route to reach Gilgit</figcaption></figure> Before 1978, Gilgit-Baltistan was cut off from the rest of the Pakistan and the world due to the harsh terrain and the lack of accessible roads. All of the roads to the south opened toward the Pakistan-administered state of <a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> and to the southeast toward the present-day Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. During the summer, people could walk across the mountain passes to travel to <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a>. The fastest way to travel was by air, but air travel was accessible only to a few privileged local people and to Pakistani military and civilian officials. Then, with the assistance of the Chinese government, Pakistan began construction of the Karakoram Highway (KKH), which was completed in 1978. The journey from <a href="/wiki/Rawalpindi" title="Rawalpindi">Rawalpindi</a> / <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> to Gilgit takes approximately 20 to 24 hours. The <a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a> connects <a href="/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> to <a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a>, which are the two major hubs for mountaineering expeditions in Gilgit-Baltistan. <a href="/wiki/Northern_Areas_Transport_Corporation" title="Northern Areas Transport Corporation">Northern Areas Transport Corporation</a> (NATCO) offers bus and jeep transport service to the two hubs and several other popular destinations, lakes, and glaciers in the area. Landslides on the Karakoram Highway are very common. The Karakoram Highway connects Gilgit to <a href="/wiki/Tashkurgan_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Tashkurgan Town">Tashkurgan Town</a>, Kashgar, China via <a href="/wiki/Sust" title="Sust">Sust</a>, the customs and health-inspection post on the Gilgit-Baltistan side, and the <a href="/wiki/Khunjerab_Pass" title="Khunjerab Pass">Khunjerab Pass</a>, the highest paved international border crossing in the world at 4,693 metres (15,397 ft). In March 2006, the respective governments announced that, commencing on 1 June 2006, a thrice-weekly bus service would begin across the boundary from Gilgit to Kashgar and road-widening work would begin at 600 kilometres (370 mi) of the Karakoram Highway. There would also be one daily bus in each direction between the Sust and Taxkorgan border areas of the two political entities.<a href="#cite_note-buses-140">[135]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PIA_ATR-42.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/PIA_ATR-42.jpg/220px-PIA_ATR-42.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/PIA_ATR-42.jpg/330px-PIA_ATR-42.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/PIA_ATR-42.jpg/440px-PIA_ATR-42.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4400" data-file-height="2867" /></a><figcaption>ATR 42–500 on Gilgit Airport. Picture taken on 10 July 2016</figcaption></figure> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_International_Airlines" title="Pakistan International Airlines">Pakistan International Airlines</a> used to fly a <a href="/wiki/Fokker_F27_Friendship" title="Fokker F27 Friendship">Fokker F27 Friendship</a> daily between <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Airport" title="Gilgit Airport">Gilgit Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benazir_Bhutto_International_Airport" title="Benazir Bhutto International Airport">Benazir Bhutto International Airport</a>. The flying time was approximately 50 minutes, and the flight was one of the most scenic in the world, as its route passed over <a href="/wiki/Nanga_Parbat" title="Nanga Parbat">Nanga Parbat</a>, a mountain whose peak is higher than the aircraft's cruising altitude. However, the Fokker F27 was retired after a crash at <a href="/wiki/Multan" title="Multan">Multan</a> in 2006. Currently, flights are being operated by PIA to Gilgit on the brand-new <a href="/wiki/ATR_42-500" class="mw-redirect" title="ATR 42-500">ATR 42–500</a>, which was purchased in 2006. With the new plane, the cancellation of flights is much less frequent. Pakistan International Airlines also offers regular flights of a <a href="/wiki/Boeing_737" title="Boeing 737">Boeing 737</a> between Skardu and Islamabad. All flights are subject to weather clearance; in winter, flights are often delayed by several days. A railway through the region has been proposed; see <a href="/wiki/Khunjerab_Railway" title="Khunjerab Railway">Khunjerab Railway</a> for details. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Population">Population</h3></div> The population of Gilgit Baltistan is 1,492,924 as of 2017.<a href="#cite_note-citypopulation.de-2">[2]</a> The estimated population of Gilgit-Baltistan in 2013 was 1.249 million,<a href="#cite_note-Scouts-30">[28]</a><a href="#cite_note-News18-31">[29]</a> and it was 873,000 in 1998.<a href="#cite_note-thefridaytimes.com-141">[136]</a> Approximately 14% of the population was urban.<a href="#cite_note-urban-142">[137]</a> The fertility rate is 4.7 children per woman, which is the highest in Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-143">[138]</a> The population of Gilgit-Baltistan consists of many diverse linguistic, ethnic, and religious sects, due in part to the many isolated valleys separated by some of the world's highest mountains. The ethnic groups include <a href="/wiki/Dard_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Dard people">Shins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yashkuns" title="Yashkuns">Yashkuns</a>, Kashmiris, Kashgaris, Pamiris, Pathans, and Kohistanis.<a href="#cite_note-144">[139]</a> A significant number of people from Gilgit-Baltistan are residing in other parts of Pakistan, mainly in Punjab and <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>. The literacy rate of Gilgit-Baltistan is approximately 72%. In 2017 census, <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_District" title="Gilgit District">Gilgit District</a> has the highest population of 330,000 and <a href="/wiki/Hunza_District" title="Hunza District">Hunza District</a> the lowest of 50,000.<a href="#cite_note-thefridaytimes.com-141">[136]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Languages">Languages</h3></div> Gilgit-Baltistan is a multilingual region where <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> being a national and official language serves as the <a href="/wiki/Lingua_franca" title="Lingua franca">lingua franca</a> for inter ethnic communications. English is co-official and also used in education, while Arabic is used for religious purposes. The table below shows a break-up of Gilgit-Baltistan first-language speakers. <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Rank </th> <th>Language </th> <th>Detail<a href="#cite_note-145">[140]</a><a href="#cite_note-146">[141]</a><a href="#cite_note-Katy-147">[142]</a><a href="#cite_note-148">[143]</a><a href="#cite_note-masica1993-149">[144]</a><a href="#cite_note-munshi2008-150">[145]</a><a href="#cite_note-malik1995-151">[146]</a><a href="#cite_note-152">[147]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Shina_language" title="Shina language">Shina</a> </th> <td>It is a <a href="/wiki/Dardic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Dardic language">Dardic language</a> spoken by the majority in six <a href="/wiki/Tehsil" title="Tehsil">tehsils</a> (Gilgit, Diamir/Chilas, Darel/Tangir, Astore, Puniyal/Gahkuch and Rondu). </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Balti_dialect" class="mw-redirect" title="Balti dialect">Balti</a> </th> <td>It is spoken by the majority in five tehsils (Skardu/Shigar, Kharmang, Gultari, Khaplu and Mashabrum). It is from the Tibetan language family and has Urdu borrowings. </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Burushaski" title="Burushaski">Burushaski</a> </th> <td>It is spoken by the majority in four tehsils (Nagar 1, Hunza/Aliabad, Nagar II, and Yasin). It is a <a href="/wiki/Language_isolate" title="Language isolate">language isolate</a> that has borrowed considerable Urdu vocabulary. </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Khowar_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Khowar language">Khowar</a> </th> <td>It is spoken by the majority in two tehsils (Gupis and Ishkomen) but also spoken in Yasin and Puniyal/Gahkuch Tehsils. Like Shina, it is a Dardic language. </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <th><a href="/wiki/Wakhi_language" title="Wakhi language">Wakhi</a> </th> <td>It is spoken by the majority of people in Gojal Tehsil of Hunza. But it is also spoken in the Yasin and Ishkomen tehsils of <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gupis-Yasin_Districts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gupis-Yasin Districts (page does not exist)">Gupis-Yasin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ghizer_District_(2019-)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghizer District (2019-)">Ghizer</a> districts. It is classified as eastern Iranian/ Pamiri language. </td></tr> <tr> <td>Unranked </td> <th>Others </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pashto_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashto language">Pashto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_language" title="Kashmiri language">Kashmiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Domaaki_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Domaaki language">Domaaki</a> (spoken by musician clans in the region) and <a href="/wiki/Gojri_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Gojri language">Gojri</a> languages are also spoken by a significant population of the region. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Religion">Religion</h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png/350px-Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png" decoding="async" width="350" height="255" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png/525px-Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png/700px-Sectarian_divide_of_Gilgit-Baltistan.png 2x" data-file-width="1775" data-file-height="1291" /></a><figcaption>A pie chart showing the Sectarian divide of Gilgit-Baltistan</figcaption></figure> <div class="notheme barbox tright" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:auto; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Sectarian divide of Gilgit-Baltistan<a href="#cite_note-pildat-153">[148]</a></th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;">Sects</td> <td style="width:100px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;">Percent</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Shia" class="mw-redirect" title="Shia">Shia</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:39.85%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">39.85%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Sunni_Islam" title="Sunni Islam">Sunni</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:30.05%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">30.05%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Isma%27ilism" title="Isma'ilism">Ismaili</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:24%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">24%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><a href="/wiki/Noorbakshia_Islam" title="Noorbakshia Islam">Noorbakhshis</a></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:green; width:6.1%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">6.1%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> The population of Gilgit-Baltistan is entirely <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> and is denominationally the most diverse in the country. The region is also the only Shia-plurality area in an otherwise Sunni-dominant Pakistan.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENaumannFischer-Tahir201387-154">[149]</a> People in the Skardu district are mostly Shia, while Diamir and Astore districts have Sunni majorities. Ghanche has a <a href="/wiki/Noorbakhshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Noorbakhshi">Noorbakhshi</a> population, and Ghizar has an <a href="/wiki/Ismaili" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismaili">Ismaili</a> majority.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESpencer_C._TuckerPriscilla_Roberts2008917-155">[150]</a> The populations in Gilgit, Hunza and Nagar districts are composed of a mix of all of these sects.<a href="#cite_note-pildat-153">[148]</a> According to <a href="/wiki/Cabinet_Secretariat_(India)" title="Cabinet Secretariat (India)">Indian government official</a>, <a href="/wiki/B._Raman" title="B. Raman">B. Raman</a>, the Shias and Ismailis constituted about 85% of the population in 1948.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaman200979-156">[151]</a><a href="#cite_note-161">[note 5]</a> Raman claims the proportion was brought down by General <a href="/wiki/Zia_ul-Haq" class="mw-redirect" title="Zia ul-Haq">Zia ul-Haq</a> through a conscious policy of demographic change by encouraging the migration of Sunnis from other provinces and the <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a>, in an effort to counter the growing sectarian consciousness of the Shias after the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Revolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Revolution">Iranian Revolution</a> in 1979.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERaman200979-156">[151]</a> Recent surveys show that Shia Ismaili women, both rural and urban, have high rates of contraceptives usage and low fertility rates; by contrast Sunni women, especially in rural areas, have low rates of contraceptive usage and high fertility rates.<a href="#cite_note-162">[156]</a> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Religious groups in Gilgit–Baltistan (<a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(princely_state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)">Jammu & Kashmir Princely State</a> era) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Religion_in_Pakistan" title="Religion in Pakistan">Religious</a> group </th> <th colspan="2">1901<a href="#cite_note-Census1901-163">[157]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">1911<a href="#cite_note-Census1911-164">[158]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">1921<a href="#cite_note-Census1921-165">[159]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">1931<a href="#cite_note-Census1931-166">[160]</a> </th> <th colspan="2">1941<a href="#cite_note-Census1941-167">[161]</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Population" title="Population"><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr></a> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Population">Pop.</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="percentage">%</abbr> </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">Islam</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Star_and_Crescent.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/15px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/23px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Star_and_Crescent.svg/30px-Star_and_Crescent.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="216" /></a> </th> <td>58,779 </td> <td>96.54% </td> <td>77,189 </td> <td>98.45% </td> <td>88,643 </td> <td>98.82% </td> <td>94,940 </td> <td>98.44% </td> <td>115,601 </td> <td>99.62% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Om.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/15px-Om.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/23px-Om.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Om.svg/30px-Om.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="200" /></a> </th> <td>2,001 </td> <td>3.29% </td> <td>1,112 </td> <td>1.42% </td> <td>948 </td> <td>1.06% </td> <td>1,361 </td> <td>1.41% </td> <td>295 </td> <td>0.25% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Sikhism" title="Sikhism">Sikhism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Khanda.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/15px-Khanda.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/23px-Khanda.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Khanda.svg/30px-Khanda.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="632" /></a> </th> <td>74 </td> <td>0.12% </td> <td>81 </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>90 </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>93 </td> <td>0.1% </td> <td>121 </td> <td>0.1% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Christianity" title="Christianity">Christianity</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Christian_cross.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/15px-Christian_cross.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/23px-Christian_cross.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Christian_cross.svg/30px-Christian_cross.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="404" data-file-height="564" /></a> </th> <td>28 </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td>22 </td> <td>0.03% </td> <td>16 </td> <td>0.02% </td> <td>49 </td> <td>0.05% </td> <td>28 </td> <td>0.02% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Jainism" title="Jainism">Jainism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/15px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="26" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/23px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg/30px-Jain_Prateek_Chihna.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1124" data-file-height="1934" /></a> </th> <td>1 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Buddhism" title="Buddhism">Buddhism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Dharma_Wheel_(2).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/15px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/23px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg/30px-Dharma_Wheel_%282%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="697" /></a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Zoroastrianism" title="Zoroastrianism">Zoroastrianism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Faravahar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/15px-Faravahar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/23px-Faravahar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Faravahar.svg/30px-Faravahar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="300" /></a> </th> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Tribal </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/Judaism" title="Judaism">Judaism</a> <a href="/wiki/File:Star_of_David.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/15px-Star_of_David.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/23px-Star_of_David.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_of_David.svg/30px-Star_of_David.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="693" /></a> </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">— </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Others </th> <td>2 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0% </td></tr> <tr> <th>Total population </th> <th>60,885 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>78,404 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>89,697 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>96,446 </th> <th>100% </th> <th>116,047 </th> <th>100% </th></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <td colspan="11">Note1: 1901 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> using the total population of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_District" title="Gilgit District">Gilgit District</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Princely_State_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir">Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir</a> that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary administrative territory of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>. Note2: 1911–1931 figures taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_District" title="Gilgit District">Gilgit District</a> and the Frontier Ilaqas in the <a href="/wiki/Princely_State_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir">Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir</a> that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary administrative territory of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>. Note3: 1941 figure taken from <a href="/wiki/Census_in_British_India" title="Census in British India">census data</a> by combining the total population of one <a href="/wiki/Districts_of_British_India" title="Districts of British India">district</a> (<a href="/wiki/Astore_District" title="Astore District">Astore</a>) and one agency (<a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit</a>) in the <a href="/wiki/Princely_State_of_Jammu_and_Kashmir" class="mw-redirect" title="Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir">Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir</a> that ultimately would be administered by Pakistan, in the contemporary administrative territory of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit%E2%80%93Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilgit–Baltistan">Gilgit–Baltistan</a>. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture">Culture</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Culture of Gilgit-Baltistan">Culture of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:634px;max-width:634px"><div class="trow"><div class="theader" style="text-align:center">Architecture</div></div><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Baltit_fort_distance.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Baltit_fort_distance.JPG/200px-Baltit_fort_distance.JPG" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Baltit_fort_distance.JPG/300px-Baltit_fort_distance.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Baltit_fort_distance.JPG/400px-Baltit_fort_distance.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1200" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Baltit_fort" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltit fort">Baltit fort</a>, Hunza</div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Khaplu_Fort_Serena_,_Baltistan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg/200px-Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg/300px-Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg/400px-Khaplu_Fort_Serena_%2C_Baltistan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Khaplu_Palace" title="Khaplu Palace">Khaplu Palace</a></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:224px;max-width:224px"><div class="thumbimage"><a href="/wiki/File:Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg/222px-Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg" decoding="async" width="222" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg/333px-Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg/444px-Side_view_of_Chaqchan_Mosque.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5382" data-file-height="3629" /></a></div><div class="thumbcaption"><a href="/wiki/Chaqchan_Mosque" title="Chaqchan Mosque">Chaqchan Mosque</a>, Khaplu</div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flow-root"><div class="thumbcaption" style="text-align:center">"Mostly the architecture have been influenced by <a href="/wiki/Architecture_in_Tibet" class="mw-redirect" title="Architecture in Tibet">Tibetan Architecture</a> as the above images are testimonials of it."<a href="#cite_note-windowtogb.blogspot.it-33">[31]</a></div></div></div></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg/220px-Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg/330px-Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg/440px-Dance_of_Swati_Guests_with_traditional_music_at_baltit_fort_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption>Dance of Swati Guests with traditional music at <a href="/wiki/Baltit_Fort" title="Baltit Fort">Baltit Fort</a> in 2014</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg/220px-Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg/330px-Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg/440px-Gulmit_-_GB_-_04_-_Nasr_Rahman.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="1755" /></a><figcaption>Wakhi musicians in <a href="/wiki/Gulmit" title="Gulmit">Gulmit</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chapchor_Dish.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chapchor_Dish.jpg/220px-Chapchor_Dish.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chapchor_Dish.jpg/330px-Chapchor_Dish.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Chapchor_Dish.jpg/440px-Chapchor_Dish.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>One of the region's popular dishes is Chapchor. It is widely made in the Nagar and Hunza Valley</figcaption></figure> Gilgit-Baltistan is home to diversified cultures, ethnic groups, languages and backgrounds.<a href="#cite_note-Visit_Gilgit-168">[162]</a> Major cultural events include the Shandoor Polo Festival, Babusar Polo Festival and Jashn-e-Baharan or the Harvest Time Festival (Navroz).<a href="#cite_note-Visit_Gilgit-168">[162]</a> Traditional dances include: Old Man Dance in which more than one person wears old-style dresses; Cow Boy Dance (Payaloo) in which a person wears old style dress, long leather shoes and holds a stick in hand and the Sword Dance in which the participants show taking one sword in right and shield in left. One to six participants can dance in pairs. <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sports">Sports</h3></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shindoor_ground.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Shindoor_ground.jpg/220px-Shindoor_ground.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Shindoor_ground.jpg/330px-Shindoor_ground.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Shindoor_ground.jpg/440px-Shindoor_ground.jpg 2x" data-file-width="796" data-file-height="533" /></a><figcaption>Polo in progress with Shandur lake in background, <a href="/wiki/Shandur" class="mw-redirect" title="Shandur">Shandur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gupis-Yasin_District" title="Gupis-Yasin District">Gupis-Yasin District</a>.</figcaption></figure> Many types of sports are in currency, throughout the region, but most popular of them is <a href="/wiki/Polo" title="Polo">Polo</a>.<a href="#cite_note-169">[163]</a><a href="#cite_note-170">[164]</a> Almost every bigger valley has a polo ground, polo matches in such grounds attract locals as well as foreigners visitors during summer season. One of such polo tournament is held in <a href="/wiki/Shandur_Polo_Festival" title="Shandur Polo Festival">Shandur</a> each year and polo teams of Gilgit with Chitral participates.<a href="#cite_note-171">[165]</a> Though very internationally unlikely, but even for some local historians like Hassan Hasrat from Skardu and for some national writers like <a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Hasan_Dani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Hasan Dani">Ahmed Hasan Dani</a> it was originated in same region.<a href="#cite_note-172">[166]</a> For testimonies, they present the <a href="/wiki/Epic_of_King_Gesar" title="Epic of King Gesar">Epic of King Gesar</a> of balti version where king gesar started polo by killing his step son and hit head of cadaver with a stick thus started the game<a href="#cite_note-173">[167]</a> they also held that the very simple rules of local polo game also testifies its primitiveness. The English word Polo has <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a> origin, that is spoken in same region, dates back to the 19th century which means ball.<a href="#cite_note-174">[168]</a><a href="#cite_note-175">[169]</a> Other popular sports are <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, <a href="/wiki/Volleyball" title="Volleyball">volleyball</a> (mostly play in winters) and other minor local sports. with growing facilities and particular local geography Climbing, trekking and other similar sports are also getting popularity. <a href="/wiki/Samina_Baig" title="Samina Baig">Samina Baig</a> from Hunza valley is the only <a href="/wiki/Pakistanis" title="Pakistanis">Pakistani</a> woman and the third Pakistani to climb <a href="/wiki/Mount_Everest" title="Mount Everest">Mount Everest</a> and also the youngest <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> woman to climb Everest, having done so at the age of 21 while <a href="/wiki/Hassan_Sadpara" title="Hassan Sadpara">Hassan Sadpara</a> from <a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a> valley is the first Pakistani to have climbed six <a href="/wiki/Eight-thousanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Eight-thousanders">eight-thousanders</a> including the world's highest peak <a href="/wiki/Everest" class="mw-redirect" title="Everest">Everest</a> (8848 m) besides <a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a> (8611 m), <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_I" title="Gasherbrum I">Gasherbrum I</a> (8080 m), <a href="/wiki/Gasherbrum_II" title="Gasherbrum II">Gasherbrum II</a> (8034 m), <a href="/wiki/Nanga_Parbat" title="Nanga Parbat">Nanga Parbat</a> (8126 m), <a href="/wiki/Broad_Peak" title="Broad Peak">Broad Peak</a> (8051 m). <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amen_Aamir" title="Amen Aamir">Amen Aamir</a>, first woman from Gilgit-Baltistan to qualify as a pilot</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qazi_Nisar_Ahmed" title="Qazi Nisar Ahmed">Qazi Nisar Ahmed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Deobandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Deobandi">Deobandi</a> <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a> cleric and chief<a href="#cite_note-176">[170]</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output 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id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Indian government</a> and Indian sources refer to Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan as "Pakistan-occupied Kashmir" ("PoK")<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden20132–3-15">[14]</a> or "Pakistan-held Kashmir" ("PhK").<a href="#cite_note-16">[15]</a> Sometimes Azad Kashmir alone is meant by these terms.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden20132–3-15">[14]</a> "Pakistan-administered Kashmir" and "Pakistan-controlled Kashmir"<a href="#cite_note-Bose2-17">[16]</a><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBehera200766-18">[17]</a> are used by neutral sources. Conversely, Pakistani sources refer to the territories under Indian control as "Indian-occupied Kashmir" ("IoK") or "Indian-held Kashmir" ("IhK").<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden20132–3-15">[14]</a> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a> He twice mentions a people called Dadikai, first along with the Gandarioi, and again in the catalogue of king <a href="/wiki/Xerxes_I_of_Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Xerxes I of Persia">Xerxes</a>'s army invading Greece. Herodotus also mentions the gold-digging ants of Central Asia. </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a> In the 1st century, Pliny repeats that the Dards were great producers of gold. </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a> Ptolemy situates the Daradrai on the upper reaches of the Indus </li> <li id="cite_note-161"><a href="#cite_ref-161">^</a> The 1941 census shows 80% Shias in the <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Skardu tehsil</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECensus_of_India,_1941,_Volume_XXII,_Part_III1942502–-157">[152]</a> 50% Shias in the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_District" title="Gilgit District">Gilgit tehsil</a>,<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECensus_of_India,_1941,_Volume_XXII,_Part_III1942512–-158">[153]</a> and 32% Shias in the <a href="/wiki/Astore_District" title="Astore District">Astore tehsil</a>.<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECensus_of_India,_1941,_Volume_XXII,_Part_III1942520–-159">[154]</a> The figures for the <a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Agency" title="Gilgit Agency">Gilgit Agency</a> territories were not available, but it was stated that "a large proportion of the Muslims of the Gilgit Agency belong to the Shia Sect."<a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECensus_of_India,_1941,_Volume_XXII,_Parts_I_&_II1942337-160">[155]</a> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-13"><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a> <a href="/wiki/Shina_language" title="Shina language">Shina</a>: <span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">گِلگِت بَلتِستٓن, <a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti</a>: གིལ་གིཏ་སྦལ་ཏི་སྟན། / <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1227789315">.mw-parser-output .script-arabic{font-family:"Scheherazade New","SF Arabic",Amiri,"Noto Naskh Arabic","Droid Arabic Naskh","Noto Sans Arabic","Sakkal Majalla","Harmattan","Arabic Typesetting","Arabic Transparent","Times New Roman",Arial,Calibri,"Microsoft Sans Serif","Segoe UI",serif,sans-serif;font-weight:normal}</style>گلگت بلتستان‎, <a href="/wiki/Wylie_transliteration" title="Wylie transliteration">Wylie</a>: Gil git sbal ti stan, <a href="/wiki/Burushaski_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Burushaski language">Burushaski</a>: <span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">گلگت بلتستان, <a href="/wiki/Wakhi_language" title="Wakhi language">Wakhi</a>: Гилгит Балтистан / <span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">گلگت بلتستان </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tertiary-kashmir-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-tertiary-kashmir_1-1">b</a> The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a> and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TERTIARY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TERTIARY">tertiary sources</a> (a) through (e), reflecting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:DUE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:DUE">due weight</a> in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicised usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below). (a) <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent">Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent</a>, Encyclopaedia Britannica, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190813203817/https://www.britannica.com/place/Kashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent">archived</a> from the original on 13 August 2019, retrieved 15 August 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir%2C+region+Indian+subcontinent&rft.pub=Encyclopaedia+Britannica&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FKashmir-region-Indian-subcontinent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories."; (b) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPletcher" class="citation cs2">Pletcher, Kenneth, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Aksai-Chin">Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia</a>, Encyclopaedia Britannica, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190402090308/https://www.britannica.com/place/Aksai-Chin">archived</a> from the original on 2 April 2019, retrieved 16 August 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Aksai+Chin%2C+Plateau+Region%2C+Asia&rft.pub=Encyclopaedia+Britannica&rft.aulast=Pletcher&rft.aufirst=Kenneth&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.britannica.com%2Fplace%2FAksai-Chin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state."; (c) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation cs2">"Kashmir", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=l_cWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328">Encyclopedia Americana</a>, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7172-0139-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7172-0139-6"><bdi>978-0-7172-0139-6</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230117135716/https://books.google.com/books?id=l_cWAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA328">archived</a> from the original on 17 January 2023, retrieved 6 November 2019</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Kashmir&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+Americana&rft.pages=328&rft.pub=Scholastic+Library+Publishing&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=978-0-7172-0139-6&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dl_cWAQAAMAAJ%26pg%3DPA328&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947"; (d) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOsmańczyk2003" class="citation cs2">Osmańczyk, Edmund Jan (2003), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=fSIMXHMdfkkC&pg=PA1191">Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M</a>, Taylor & Francis, pp. 1191–, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93922-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-415-93922-5"><bdi>978-0-415-93922-5</bdi></a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230117140437/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSIMXHMdfkkC&pg=PA1191">archived</a> from the original on 17 January 2023, retrieved 12 June 2023</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+the+United+Nations+and+International+Agreements%3A+G+to+M&rft.pages=1191-&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-0-415-93922-5&rft.aulast=Osma%C5%84czyk&rft.aufirst=Edmund+Jan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DfSIMXHMdfkkC%26pg%3DPA1191&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute between India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China." (e) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFTalbot2016" class="citation cs2">Talbot, Ian (2016), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eNg_CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA28">A History of Modern South Asia: Politics, States, Diasporas</a>, Yale University Press, pp. 28–29, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-300-19694-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-300-19694-8"><bdi>978-0-300-19694-8</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Modern+South+Asia%3A+Politics%2C+States%2C+Diasporas&rft.pages=28-29&rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-300-19694-8&rft.aulast=Talbot&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DeNg_CwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA28&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir."; (f) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSkutsch2015" class="citation cs2">Skutsch, Carl (2015) [2007], "China: Border War with India, 1962", in Ciment, James (ed.), Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II (2nd ed.), London and New York: Routledge, p. 573, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-8005-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7656-8005-1"><bdi>978-0-7656-8005-1</bdi></a>, <q>The situation between the two nations was complicated by the 1957–1959 uprising by Tibetans against Chinese rule. Refugees poured across the Indian border, and the Indian public was outraged. Any compromise with China on the border issue became impossible. Similarly, China was offended that India had given political asylum to the Dalai Lama when he fled across the border in March 1959. In late 1959, there were shots fired between border patrols operating along both the ill-defined McMahon Line and in the Aksai Chin.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=China%3A+Border+War+with+India%2C+1962&rft.btitle=Encyclopedia+of+Conflicts+Since+World+War+II&rft.place=London+and+New+York&rft.pages=573&rft.edition=2nd&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-0-7656-8005-1&rft.aulast=Skutsch&rft.aufirst=Carl&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> (g) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFClary2022" class="citation cs2">Clary, Christopher (2022), The Difficult Politics of Peace: Rivalry in Modern South Asia, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 109, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780197638408" title="Special:BookSources/9780197638408"><bdi>9780197638408</bdi></a>, <q>Territorial Dispute: The situation along the Sino-Indian frontier continued to worsen. In late July (1959), an Indian reconnaissance patrol was blocked, "apprehended," and eventually expelled after three weeks in custody at the hands of a larger Chinese force near Khurnak Fort in Aksai Chin. ... Circumstances worsened further in October 1959, when a major class at Kongka Pass in eastern Ladakh led to nine dead and ten captured Indian border personnel, making it by far the most serious Sino-Indian class since India's independence.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Difficult+Politics+of+Peace%3A+Rivalry+in+Modern+South+Asia&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=109&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2022&rft.isbn=9780197638408&rft.aulast=Clary&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> (h) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBose2009" class="citation cs2">Bose, Sumantra (2009), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC&pg=PA294">Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace</a>, Harvard University Press, pp. 294, 291, 293, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02855-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-02855-5"><bdi>978-0-674-02855-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir%3A+Roots+of+Conflict%2C+Paths+to+Peace&rft.pages=294%2C+291%2C+293&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-0-674-02855-5&rft.aulast=Bose&rft.aufirst=Sumantra&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D3ACMe9WBdNAC%26pg%3DPA294&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million.), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control." (i) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFisher2018" class="citation cs2">Fisher, Michael H. (2018), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=kZVuDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA166">An Environmental History of India: From Earliest Times to the Twenty-First Century</a>, Cambridge University Press, p. 166, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-11162-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-11162-2"><bdi>978-1-107-11162-2</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=An+Environmental+History+of+India%3A+From+Earliest+Times+to+the+Twenty-First+Century&rft.pages=166&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-1-107-11162-2&rft.aulast=Fisher&rft.aufirst=Michael+H.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DkZVuDwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA166&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> Quote: "Kashmir's identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised "Line of Control" still separating Pakistani-held Azad ("Free") Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir."; (j) <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSnedden2015" class="citation cs2">Snedden, Christopher (2015), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5amKCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA10">Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris</a>, Oxford University Press, p. 10, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-621-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84904-621-3"><bdi>978-1-84904-621-3</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Understanding+Kashmir+and+Kashmiris&rft.pages=10&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-84904-621-3&rft.aulast=Snedden&rft.aufirst=Christopher&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5amKCwAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." </li> <li id="cite_note-citypopulation.de-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-citypopulation.de_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-citypopulation.de_2-1">b</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/gilgitbaltistan/">"Gilgit-Baltistan"</a>. City Population. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220920172116/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/pakistan/cities/gilgitbaltistan/">Archived</a> from the original on 20 September 2022. 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National Archives of Pakistan. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789698156022" title="Special:BookSources/9789698156022"><bdi>9789698156022</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Guide+to+the+Sources+of+Asian+History%3A+National+archives%2C+Provincial+archives%2C+District+archives&rft.pub=National+Archives+of+Pakistan&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=9789698156022&rft.au=International+Council+on+Archives%2C+National+Archives+of+Pakistan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dyi5WAAAAYAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhilippe_Fabry,_Yousuf_Shahid1995" class="citation book cs1">Philippe Fabry, Yousuf Shahid (1995). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=JKkMAQAAMAAJ">Wandering with the Indus</a>. Ferozsons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789690102249" title="Special:BookSources/9789690102249"><bdi>9789690102249</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Wandering+with+the+Indus&rft.pub=Ferozsons&rft.date=1995&rft.isbn=9789690102249&rft.au=Philippe+Fabry%2C+Yousuf+Shahid&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJKkMAQAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Francke1907-58"><a href="#cite_ref-Francke1907_58-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrancke1907" class="citation cs2">Francke, August Hermann (1907), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=w4zFRTmiXtkC&pg=PA164">A History of Western Tibet: One of the Unknown Empires</a>, Asian Educational Services, pp. 164–, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-206-1043-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-206-1043-9"><bdi>978-81-206-1043-9</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+History+of+Western+Tibet%3A+One+of+the+Unknown+Empires&rft.pages=164-&rft.pub=Asian+Educational+Services&rft.date=1907&rft.isbn=978-81-206-1043-9&rft.aulast=Francke&rft.aufirst=August+Hermann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dw4zFRTmiXtkC%26pg%3DPA164&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBy_S.R._Bakshi1997" class="citation book cs1">By S.R. Bakshi (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_U1LEY1yWmagC">Kashmir: History and People</a>. Sarup & Sons. p. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_U1LEY1yWmagC/page/n168">158</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788185431963" title="Special:BookSources/9788185431963"><bdi>9788185431963</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir%3A+History+and+People&rft.pages=158&rft.pub=Sarup+%26+Sons&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=9788185431963&rft.au=By+S.R.+Bakshi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fbub_gb_U1LEY1yWmagC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBy_Sanjeev_Kumar_Bhasi2006" class="citation book cs1">By Sanjeev Kumar Bhasi (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8IZloNzI8BgC&pg=PA59">Amazing Land Ladakh: Places, People, and Culture</a>. Indus. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788173871863" title="Special:BookSources/9788173871863"><bdi>9788173871863</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Amazing+Land+Ladakh%3A+Places%2C+People%2C+and+Culture&rft.pub=Indus&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=9788173871863&rft.au=By+Sanjeev+Kumar+Bhasi&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8IZloNzI8BgC%26pg%3DPA59&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBy_Shridhar_Kaul,_H._N._Kaul1992" class="citation book cs1">By Shridhar Kaul, H. N. Kaul (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8J3YdskW00sC&pg=PA88">Ladakh Through the Ages, Towards a New Identity</a>. Indus. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788185182759" title="Special:BookSources/9788185182759"><bdi>9788185182759</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ladakh+Through+the+Ages%2C+Towards+a+New+Identity&rft.pub=Indus&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=9788185182759&rft.au=By+Shridhar+Kaul%2C+H.+N.+Kaul&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D8J3YdskW00sC%26pg%3DPA88&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><a href="#cite_ref-62">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBubandtBeek2012" class="citation book cs1">Bubandt, Nils Ole; Beek, Martijn Van (12 March 2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=9tKoAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA112">Varieties of Secularism in Asia: Anthropological Explorations of Religion, Politics and the Spiritual</a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781136668647" title="Special:BookSources/9781136668647"><bdi>9781136668647</bdi></a> – via Google Books.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Varieties+of+Secularism+in+Asia%3A+Anthropological+Explorations+of+Religion%2C+Politics+and+the+Spiritual&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2012-03-12&rft.isbn=9781136668647&rft.aulast=Bubandt&rft.aufirst=Nils+Ole&rft.au=Beek%2C+Martijn+Van&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D9tKoAgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA112&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBy_Peter_Berger,_Frank_Heidemann2013" class="citation book cs1">By Peter Berger, Frank Heidemann (3 June 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=sBgLb8XIGR8C&pg=PA100">The Modern Anthropology of India: Ethnography, Themes and Theory</a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1134061112" title="Special:BookSources/978-1134061112"><bdi>978-1134061112</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Modern+Anthropology+of+India%3A+Ethnography%2C+Themes+and+Theory&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2013-06-03&rft.isbn=978-1134061112&rft.au=By+Peter+Berger%2C+Frank+Heidemann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DsBgLb8XIGR8C%26pg%3DPA100&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010125–126-64"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010125–126_64-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>, pp. 125–126. </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5030514.stm">"Quick guide: Kashmir dispute"</a>. BBC News. 29 June 2006. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081013035712/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/5030514.stm">Archived</a> from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2009.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Quick+guide%3A+Kashmir+dispute&rft.date=2006-06-29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2F1%2Fhi%2Fworld%2Fsouth_asia%2F5030514.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Who-changed-the-face-of-47-war/articleshow/1200682.cms">"Who changed the face of '47 war?"</a>. <a href="/wiki/The_Times_of_India" title="The Times of India">The Times of India</a>. 14 August 2005. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140601024510/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Who-changed-the-face-of-47-war/articleshow/1200682.cms">Archived</a> from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2005.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times+of+India&rft.atitle=Who+changed+the+face+of+%2747+war%3F&rft.date=2005-08-14&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftimesofindia.indiatimes.com%2Findia%2FWho-changed-the-face-of-47-war%2Farticleshow%2F1200682.cms&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010128-67"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010128_67-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>, p. 128: [Ghansara Singh] wrote to the prime minister of Kashmir: 'in case the State accedes to the Indian Union, the Gilgit province will go to Pakistan', but no action was taken on it, and in fact Srinagar never replied to any of his messages. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESnedden201314-68"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESnedden201314_68-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFSnedden2013">Snedden 2013</a>, p. 14, "Similarly, Muslims in Western Jammu Province, particularly in Poonch, many of whom had martial capabilities, and Muslims in the Frontier Districts Province strongly wanted Jammu and Kashmir to join Pakistan." </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTESchofield200363–64-69"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTESchofield200363–64_69-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFSchofield2003">Schofield 2003</a>, pp. 63–64. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010-70"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010_70-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-Schofield2000-71"><a href="#cite_ref-Schofield2000_71-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSchofield2000" class="citation book cs1">Schofield, Victoria (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rkTetMfI6QkC&pg=PA64">Kashmir in Conflict: India, Pakistan and the Unending War</a>. I.B.Tauris. pp. 63–64. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-86064-898-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-86064-898-4"><bdi>978-1-86064-898-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Kashmir+in+Conflict%3A+India%2C+Pakistan+and+the+Unending+War&rft.pages=63-64&rft.pub=I.B.Tauris&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=978-1-86064-898-4&rft.aulast=Schofield&rft.aufirst=Victoria&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DrkTetMfI6QkC%26pg%3DPA64&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010133-72"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010133_72-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>, p. 133. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010132-73"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010132_73-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>, p. 132. </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEBangash2010137-74"><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBangash2010137_74-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFBangash2010">Bangash 2010</a>, p. 137. </li> <li id="cite_note-75"><a href="#cite_ref-75">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBangash2016" class="citation news cs1">Bangash, Yaqoob Khan (9 January 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/1024253/gilgit-baltistan-part-of-pakistan-by-choice/">"Gilgit-Baltistan—part of Pakistan by choice"</a>. The Express Tribune. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161101100051/http://tribune.com.pk/story/1024253/gilgit-baltistan-part-of-pakistan-by-choice/">Archived</a> from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2017. <q>Nearly 70 years ago, the people of the Gilgit Wazarat revolted and joined Pakistan of their own free will, as did those belonging to the territories of Chilas, Koh Ghizr, Ishkoman, Yasin and Punial; the princely states of Hunza and Nagar also acceded to Pakistan. Hence, the time has come to acknowledge and respect their choice of being full-fledged citizens of Pakistan.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Express+Tribune&rft.atitle=Gilgit-Baltistan%E2%80%94part+of+Pakistan+by+choice&rft.date=2016-01-09&rft.aulast=Bangash&rft.aufirst=Yaqoob+Khan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F1024253%2Fgilgit-baltistan-part-of-pakistan-by-choice%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGilgit-Baltistan" class="Z3988"> </li> <li id="cite_note-Zutshi2004-76"><a href="#cite_ref-Zutshi2004_76-0">^</a> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFZutshi2004" class="citation book cs1">Zutshi, Chitralekha (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=H7Ptp4Iod8EC&pg=PA309">Languages of Belonging: Islam, Regional Identity, and the Making of Kashmir</a>. C. Hurst & Co. 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title="Babusar Pass">Babusar Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bichhar_Pass" title="Bichhar Pass">Bichhar Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burji_La" title="Burji La">Burji La</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burzil_Pass" title="Burzil Pass">Burzil Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chillinji_Pass" title="Chillinji Pass">Chillinji Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darkot_Pass" title="Darkot Pass">Darkot Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondogoro_Pass" title="Gondogoro Pass">Gondogoro Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayal_Pass" title="Hayal Pass">Hayal Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispar_Pass" title="Hispar Pass">Hispar Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khunjerab_Pass" title="Khunjerab Pass">Khunjerab Pass</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Valleys</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bagrot_Valley" title="Bagrot Valley">Bagrot Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naltar_Valley" title="Naltar Valley">Naltar Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astore_Valley" title="Astore Valley">Astore Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nomal_Valley" title="Nomal Valley">Nomal Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit_Valley" title="Gilgit Valley">Gilgit Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skardu_Valley" title="Skardu Valley">Skardu Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaplu_Valley" class="mw-redirect" title="Khaplu Valley">Khaplu Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharmang" class="mw-redirect" title="Kharmang">Kharmang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigar_Valley" title="Shigar Valley">Shigar Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundu_Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Roundu Baltistan">Roundu Baltistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stak_Valley" title="Stak Valley">Stak Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Galtari" class="mw-redirect" title="Galtari">Galtari</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Cities and towns</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="List of cities in Gilgit-Baltistan">list</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilgit" title="Gilgit">Gilgit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skardu" title="Skardu">Skardu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigar" title="Shigar">Shigar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaplu" title="Khaplu">Khaplu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kharmang" class="mw-redirect" title="Kharmang">Kharmang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roundu_Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Roundu Baltistan">Roundu Baltistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danyor" title="Danyor">Danyor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalaalabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Jalaalabad">Jalaalabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balghar" title="Balghar">Balghar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tolti_Kharmang" class="mw-redirect" title="Tolti 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href="/wiki/Godwin-Austen_Glacier" title="Godwin-Austen Glacier">Godwin-Austen Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gondogoro_Glacier" title="Gondogoro Glacier">Gondogoro Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hainablak_Glacier" title="Hainablak Glacier">Hainablak Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hispar_Glacier" title="Hispar Glacier">Hispar Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kutiah_Lungma_Glacier" title="Kutiah Lungma Glacier">Kutiah Lungma Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miar_Glacier" title="Miar Glacier">Miar Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmah_Glacier" title="Panmah Glacier">Panmah Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Passu_Glacier" title="Passu Glacier">Passu Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rupal_Glacier" title="Rupal Glacier">Rupal Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shani_Glacier" title="Shani Glacier">Shani Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trango_Glacier" title="Trango Glacier">Trango Glacier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vigne_Glacier" title="Vigne 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href="/wiki/Khanaq-e-Mullah_Noorbakshia_Khaplu_Bala" class="mw-redirect" title="Khanaq-e-Mullah Noorbakshia Khaplu Bala">Khanaq-e-Mullah Noorbakshia Khaplu Bala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khaplu_Palace" title="Khaplu Palace">Khaplu Palace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigar_Fort" title="Shigar Fort">Shigar Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skardu_Fort" title="Skardu Fort">Skardu Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baltit_Fort" title="Baltit Fort">Baltit Fort</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Amburiq_Mosque" title="Amburiq Mosque">Amburiq Mosque</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provincial_Highways_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan">Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karakoram_Highway" title="Karakoram Highway">Karakoram Highway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Line_of_Control" title="Line of Control">Line of Control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kargil_War" title="Kargil War">Kargil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balti_language" title="Balti language">Balti language</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Gilgit-Baltistan" title="History of Gilgit-Baltistan">History of Gilgit-Baltistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K2" title="K2">K2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balti_(food)" title="Balti (food)">Balti (food)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Former_princely_states_in_Pakistan,_by_present_province_(Italics_=_Salute_states)" style="padding:3px"><table 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