Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas is the northernmost political entity under the administrative control of Pakistan. According to Pakistan's constitution, Gilgit-Baltistan is an autonomous region separate from Pakistan itself, and its inhabitants have never had any representation in Pakistan's parliament.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Gilgit
Photo: Shah zaman baloch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gilgit is a mountain town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Skardu
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Skardu is a town in the region of the same name in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Deosai National Park
Photo: Hamid Baltistani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The blooming Deosai National Park or the Land of Giants is a spectacular tourist attraction in the second highest plateau in the world, Deosai Plateau.
Destinations
Hunza Valley
Hunza was a princely state, bordering China to the north-east and Pamir to its north-west, which continued to survive until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.Khunjerab National Park
Photo: AbbasAkaSunny, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Much of Khunjerab National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan tops 4,500m and is known for its elusive and endangered snow leopards.
Diamer
Diamer is a district in Gilgit Division and quite popular with trekkers and mountaineers from all over the world.Kharmang
Photo: Nadeemzangi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Kharmang Valley is a region in Baltistan in North-western Pakistan, an agricultural area with many small villages and a total population around 95,000.
Gilgit-Baltistan
- Type: State with 1,800,000 residents
- Description: Territory administered by Pakistan
- Neighbors: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Categories: administrative territorial entity of Pakistan, first-level administrative division, disputed territory and locality
- Location: Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of center
36° northLongitude of center
75° eastPopulation
1,800,000Elevation
4,677 metres (15,344 feet)Inception
1970OpenStreetMap ID
node 316441092OpenStreetMap Feature
place=stateGeoNames ID
1168878Wikidata ID
Q200697Gilgit-Baltistan Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: غلغت-بلتستان
- Arabic: غلغت بلتستان
- Arabic: كلكت بلتستان
- Armenian: Գիլգիտ-Բալտիստան
- Asturian: Gilgit-Baltistán
- Azerbaijani: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Bashkir: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Basque: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Basque: Iparraldeko Eremuak
- Belarusian: Гілгіт-Балтыстан
- Bengali: গিলগিত-বালতিস্তান
- Bhojpuri: गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान
- Bhojpuri: गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान
- Bulgarian: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Bulgarian: Северна провинция
- Catalan: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Catalan: Territoris del Nord
- Cebuano: Northern Areas
- Chinese: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Chinese: 克什米尔北部地区
- Chinese: 北部地区
- Chinese: 北部地區
- Chinese: 吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦
- Chinese: 吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦
- Chinese: 吉爾吉特-巴爾蒂斯坦
- Crimean Tatar: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Croatian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Czech: Gilgit-Baltistán
- Czech: Gilgit - Baltistán
- Czech: Northern Areas
- Czech: Severní oblasti
- Danish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Dimli (individual language): Gilgit-Baltıstan
- Dutch: Balawaristan
- Dutch: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Dutch: Noordelijke gebieden
- Dutch: Northern Areas
- English (Historic): Northern Areas
- English: Gilgit-Baltistan Province
- English: Gilgit–Baltistan
- English: Northern Areas
- Esperanto: Gilgit-Baltilando
- Estonian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Estonian: Põhjaalad
- Finnish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- French: Baltistan
- French: Gilgit-Baltistan
- French: Territoires du Nord
- Georgian: გილგის-ბალტისტანი
- German: Gilgit-Baltistan
- German: Nordgebiete
- German: Northern Areas
- German: PK-GB
- German: PK-NA
- Greek: Γκιλγκίτ-Μπαλτιστάν
- Gujarati: ગિલગીટ-બાલ્તિસ્તાન
- Hebrew: גילגיט-בלטיסטן
- Hindi: उत्तरी क्षेत्र
- Hindi: उत्तरी क्षेत्रों
- Hindi: गलगत - बलतसतान
- Hindi: गलगत बलतस्तान
- Hindi: गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान
- Hindi: गिलगित-बालतिस्तान
- Hindi: गिलगित-बाल्तिस्तान
- Hungarian: Északi területek
- Indonesian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Italian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Italian: Gilgit-Baltistán
- Italian: Gilgit Baltistan
- Italian: Gilgit Baltistàn
- Italian: Gilgit–Baltistan
- Italian: Territori del Nord
- Japanese: ギルギット・バルティスタン
- Japanese: ギルギット・バルティスタン州
- Japanese: ギルギット・バルティスターン州
- Japanese: 北方地域
- Kannada: ಗಿಲ್ಗಿಟ್-ಬಾಲ್ಟಿಸ್ತಾನ್
- Kashmiri: گِلگَت بالتِستان
- Kirghiz: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Korean: 길기트발티스탄
- Korean: 길기트 발티스탄
- Korean: 연방통치 북부지구
- Latin: Gilgit et Baltistania
- Latvian: Gilgita-Baltistāna
- Lithuanian: Džildžit Baltistanas
- Lithuanian: Gilgitas-Baltistanas
- Lithuanian: Šiaurinės teritorijos
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės kraštai
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės teritorijos
- Maithili: गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान
- Malay: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Malayalam: ഗിൽഗിറ്റ്-ബാൾട്ടിസ്ഥാൻ
- Marathi: गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्तान
- Marathi: गिलगीट-बाल्टिस्तान
- Mazanderani: گلگت بلتستان
- Min Nan Chinese: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Mingrelian: გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი
- Nepali: गिल्गित-बाल्तिस्तान
- Nepali: गिल्गित बस्तिस्तान
- Norwegian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Norwegian: Nordområdene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordområdene
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nordområdet
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nordområda
- Occitan (post 1500): Gilgit-Baltistan
- Ossetian: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Panjabi: ਗਿਲਗਿਤ-ਬਾਲਤਿਸਤਾਨ
- Persian: گلگت-بلتستان
- Persian: گلگت بلتستان
- Polish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Polish: Obszary Północne
- Portuguese: Gilgit-Baltistão
- Portuguese: Guilguite-Baltistão
- Portuguese: Áreas do Norte
- Pushto: گلگت بلتستان
- Pushto: گېلگېت بالتستان
- Russian: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Russian: Северная провинция
- Russian: Северные территории
- Russian: Северные территории Пакистана
- Sanskrit: उत्तरक्षेत्राणि
- Sanskrit: गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्थानम्
- Sanskrit: गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान
- Sanskrit: गिलगित-बाल्टिस्थानम्
- Santali: ᱜᱤᱞᱜᱤᱛ-ᱵᱟᱞᱛᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ
- Scots: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Serbian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Serbian: Балтистан
- Serbian: Гилгит-Балтистан
- Serbian: Северна подручја
- Sindhi: گلگت بلتستان
- Sinhala: ගිල්ගිට්-බල්ටිස්ටාන්
- Slovenian: Gilgit-Baltistan
- South Azerbaijani: قلقت-بلتستان
- Spanish: Areas del Norte
- Spanish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Spanish: Gilgit-Baltistán
- Spanish: Gilgit Baltistan
- Spanish: Gilgit Baltistán
- Spanish: Territorios del Norte
- Spanish: Áreas del Norte
- Swedish: Baltistan
- Swedish: Diamir
- Swedish: Ghanchee
- Swedish: Ghizer
- Swedish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Swedish: Gilgit
- Swedish: Norra området
- Tajik: Гилгит-Балтистон
- Tajik: Голгат-Балтистон
- Tamil: கில்கிட் -பல்டிஸ்டான்
- Tamil: வடக்கு நிலங்கள்
- Telugu: గిల్జిత్-బాల్టిస్టాన్
- Thai: กิลกิต-บัลติสถาน
- Turkish: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Turkish: Kuzey Toprakları
- Ukrainian: Гілгіт-Балтистан
- Urdu: آزاد جممو اور کشمیر
- Urdu: صوبہ گلگت بلتستان
- Urdu: گلگت بلتستان
- Urdu: گلگت و بلتستان
- Urdu: گلگت۔بلتستان
- Vietnamese: Gilgit-Baltistan
- Welsh: Ardaloedd y Gogledd
- Welsh: Gilgit–Baltistan
- Western Panjabi: گلگت بلتستان
- Wu Chinese: 吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦
- FANA
- Federally Administered Northern Areas
- شمالی علاقہ جات
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