Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan; گلگت - بلتستان‬; གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན
	Admeenistrative Unit
	Gilgit-Baltistān
	Official seal of Gilgit-Baltistan Seal
	Location o Gilgit-Baltistan (red), athoot Siachen Glacier
	Coordinates: 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
• Chief Minister	Syed Mehdi Shah
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)	Urdu (Naitional & Offeecial); Shina; Burushaski; Balti Tibetan; Wakhi; Khowar;
Assembly seats	33
Destricts	7
Touns	7
Website	gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk

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).