Gilgit
Gilgit is a mountain town in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. Travellers exploring the Pakistani Himalayas or en route to or from China are almost definitely going to spend at least one night here.
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Latitude
35.9208° or 35° 55′ 15″ north
Longitude
74.314° or 74° 18′ 51″ east
UN/LOCODE
PK GIL
Open location code
8J7PW8C7+8J
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Gilgit” goes by many names.
ጊልግትAmharic
غلغتArabic
كلكتArabic
GilgitAsturian
GilgitAzerbaijani
GilgitBasque
ГілгітBelarusian
গিলগিটBengali
গিলগিতBengali
GilgitCatalan
GilgitCebuano
Gilgit (kapital sa lalawigan)Cebuano
گیلگیتCentral Kurdish
吉尔吉特Chinese
吉爾吉特Chinese
GilgitCroatian
GilgitCzech
GilgitDanish
GilgitDutch
جلجتEgyptian Arabic
GilgitEsperanto
GilgitFinnish
გილგიტიGeorgian
ΓκιλγκίτGreek
ગિલગીટGujarati
GilgitHausa
גילגיטHebrew
גילגיתHebrew
गिलगितHindi
GilgitHungarian
GilgitIndonesian
GilgitItalian
ギルギットJapanese
GilgitJavanese
ಗಿಲ್ಗಿಟ್Kannada
گِلگَتKashmiri
ГилгитKazakh
ГилгитKirghiz
길기트Korean
GilgitaLatvian
GilgitasLithuanian
गिलगिटMagahi
गिलगितMagahi
गिल्त्Magahi
GilgitMalay
गिलगिटMarathi
გილგიტიMingrelian
गिलगितNepali
GilgitNorwegian
GilgitNorwegian Bokmål
GilgitNorwegian Nynorsk
GilgitOromo
ГилгитOssetian
ਗਿਲਗਿਟPanjabi
ਗਿਲਗਿਤPanjabi
گلگتPersian
GilgitPolish
ګېلګتPushto
گلگتPushto
GilgitRomanian
ГилгитRussian
ГилгитSerbian
گلیٗتShina
گلگتSindhi
ගිල්ගිට්Sinhala
GilgitSlovenian
GilgitSomali
GilgitSwahili
GilgitSwedish
ГилгитTajik
கில்கித்Tamil
ГилгитTatar
గిల్గిట్Telugu
กิลกิตThai
GilgitTurkish
Gilgit ŞehriTurkish
ГілгітUkrainian
گلگتUrdu
GilgitUzbek
GilgitVietnamese
GilgitWaray (Philippines)
گلگتWestern Panjabi
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