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Shigar District

District of Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan

Shigar District is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is home to the world's second highest peak, K2, also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen. The district is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, the Hunza District, and the Kashgar Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the south-east by the Ghanche District, on the south-west by the Rondu and Skardu districts, and on the west by the Gilgit District. Shigar District was established in 2015, prior to which it had been part of the Skardu District.

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