Gilgit District
The Gilgit District is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The headquarters of the district is the town of Gilgit.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Danyor and Minawar.
Danyor
Town
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Danyor is a city in the namesake sub-division in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The city of Danyor is an administrative part of Gilgit District and lies across the Gilgit river on the outskirts of Gilgit. Danyor is situated 5 km northwest of Gilgit District.
Minawar
Village
Minawar is a village located 8.5 kilometres from the city of Gilgit in the northern area of Pakistan, in the Kashmir region. The population of the village is about 300 families. In Minawar there are a middle school and a high school for about 450 students.
Sakwar
Village
Sakwar is a town in Gilgit District, Pakistan. Sakwar is located inside Gilgit city. It is often referred as the entrance to Gilgit city. Sakwar has native population of seven families and headed by a Jirga council Shina.
Gilgit District
- Type: district of Pakistan with 330,000 residents
- Description: district of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Western Panjabi—“Gilgit District” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “গিলগিত জেলা”
- Catalan: “districte de Gilgit”
- Catalan: “Districte de Gilgit”
- Chinese: “吉尔吉特县”
- Dutch: “Gilgit District”
- French: “district de Gilgit”
- French: “District de Gilgit”
- German: “Astor (Fluss)”
- German: “Gilgit”
- Hindi: “गिलगित ज़िला”
- Italian: “Distretto di Gilgit”
- Japanese: “ギルギット県”
- Kashmiri: “گِلگِت ضِلہٕ”
- Malayalam: “ഗിൽഗിറ്റ് ജില്ല”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgit (distrikt)”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgit”
- Norwegian: “Gilgit”
- Persian: “ناحیه گلگت”
- Polish: “dystrykt Gilgit”
- Russian: “Гилгит (округ)”
- Russian: “Гилгит”
- Sindhi: “گلگت ضلعو”
- Slovenian: “distrikt Gilgit”
- Tamil: “கில்ஜித் மாவட்டம்”
- Ukrainian: “Гілгіт (округ)”
- Ukrainian: “Гілгіт”
- Urdu: “ضلع گلگت”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع گلگت”
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