Gilgit-Baltistan گلگت - بلتستان གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན | |
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Gilgit-Baltistān | |
Official seal of Gilgit-Baltistan Seal | |
![]() Location o Gilgit-Baltistan (red), athoot Siachen Glacier | |
Coordinates: 35°21′N 75°54′E / 35.35°N 75.9°E | |
Kintra | Pakistan |
Established | 1 July 1970 |
Caipital | Gilgit |
Lairgest ceety | Gilgit |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Autonomous territory o Pakistan |
• Bodi | Legislative Assembly |
• Govrenor | Pir Karam Ali Shah[1] |
• Chief Minister | Syed Mehdi Shah[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 72971 km2 (28,174 sq mi) |
Population (2008; est.) | |
• Total | 1,800,000 |
• Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
ISO 3166 code | PK-NA |
Main Leid(s) |
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Assembly seats | 33[3] |
Destricts | 7 |
Touns | 7 |
Website | gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk |
Animal | Wild yak[4][5] | ![]() |
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Bird | Shaheen falcon[4][5] | ![]() |
Tree | Himalayan oak[4][5] | ![]() |
Flower | Granny's bonnet | ![]() |
Sport | Yak polo | ![]() |
Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت - بلتستان, Balti: གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན, umwhile kent as the Northren Auries (Urdu: شمالی علاقہ جات, Shumālī Ilāqe Jāt)),[6] is the northmaist poleetical entity athin Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province tae the wast, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor tae the north, Cheenae tae the east an northeast, Azad Kashmir tae the soothwast, an Indie-admeenistered Jammu an Kashmir tae the sootheast. Gilgit-Baltistan covers an aurie o 72,971 km² (28,174 mi²) an is heichlie muntainous. It haes an estimatit population approachin 1,000,000. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Gilgit (population 216,760).
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