Gilgit-Baltistan

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).

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 / 35.35; 75.9
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)	Urdu (Naitional & Offeecial) Shina Burushaski Balti Tibetan Wakhi Khowar
Assembly seats	33[3]
Destricts	7
Touns	7
Website	gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk

Provincial symbols of the Gilgit-Baltistan

Animal	Wild yak[4][5]
Bird	Shaheen falcon[4][5]
Tree	Himalayan oak[4][5]
Flower	Granny's bonnet
Sport	Yak polo

References

1. "Pir Karam Ali Shah appointed GB Governor". The News. 26 Januar 2011. Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2011. Retrieved 28 Januar 2011.
2. "Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Public service policy to be pursued in Gilgit-Baltistan: PM". Ftp.app.com.pk. Archived frae the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 Juin 2010.
3. Legislative Assembly will have directly elected 24 members, besides six women and three technocrats. "Gilgit Baltistan: New Pakistani Package or Governor Rule Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine" 3 September 2009, The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
4. "Symbols of Gilgit-Baltistan". knowpakistan.gov.in. Retrieved 14 August 2013.^{[deid airtin]}
5. "Gilgit-Baltistan Key Indicators" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2013.^{[deid airtin]}
6. "Cabinet approves ‘Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009’" 29 August 2009 Associated Press of Pakistan

Further readin

• Pakistan Trekking Guide, by Isobel and Ben Shaw, 1993.
• Wang, S. (2004). "Of Rivers and Human Rights: the Northern Areas, Pakistan's Forgotten Colony in Jammu and Kashmir". International Journal on Minority and Group Rights. 11: 187. doi:10.1163/1571811041631272.

External links

• Offeecial Wabsteid o the Govrenment o Gilgit Baltistan Archived 2015-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
• Gilgit-Baltistan at Curlie
• Travel guide tae Gilgit-Baltistan frae Wikivoyage
• Pakistan, a freemit wiki