Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan
Skardu District

Shigar

Shigar is the headquarter of its namesake district and tehsil in the division of Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern . It is located on the bank of the in the most remote part of the region.
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  • Type: Town
  • Description: town in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Cheker”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shigar Fort.

Castle
Photo: Furqanlw, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Shigar Palace, also known as Fong Khar, is an old palace located in the town of Shigar, , . Situated at a distance of around 30 kilometres from , it lies on the way which further leads to and , the latter being the second highest mountain on the Earth.

Shigar

Latitude
35.42262° or 35° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude
75.73711° or 75° 44′ 14″ east
Elevation
2,289 metres (7,510 feet)
Open location code
8J7QCPFP+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 431395409
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1165119
Wiki­data ID
Q7496305
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Shigar” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شيغر (بلتستان)”
  • Arabic: “شيغر”
  • Asturian: “Shigar”
  • Chinese: “希格爾歷史住區和市集區”
  • Dutch: “Shigar”
  • French: “Cheker”
  • German: “Shigar”
  • Italian: “Shigar”
  • Japanese: “シガール”
  • Malayalam: “ഷിഗാർ”
  • Persian: “شگر”
  • Russian: “Шигар”
  • Sindhi: “شگر”
  • Spanish: “Shigar”
  • Tamil: “சிகார்”
  • Urdu: “شگر”
  • Western Panjabi: “شگر”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Masjid Khanqa Mollah and Polo field.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shigar”. Photo: Sjali, CC BY-SA 4.0.