Gilgit

Gilgit is a mountain town in the region. Travellers exploring the Pakistani Himalayas or en route to or from are almost definitely going to spend at least one night here.
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  • Type: City with 217,000 residents
  • Description: city in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Geelt”, “Gileet”, “Gilit”, “Gilt”, “גילגית”, and “गिल्त्”

Gilgit

Latitude
35.9208° or 35° 55′ 15″ north
Longitude
74.314° or 74° 18′ 51″ east
Population
217,000
Elevation
1,467 metres (4,813 feet)
IATA airport code
GIL
UN/LOCODE
PK GIL
Open location code
8J7PW8C7+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 58568637
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
1178338
Wiki­data ID
Q609024
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Western Panjabi—“Gilgit” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ጊልግት”
  • Arabic: “غلغت”
  • Arabic: “كلكت”
  • Asturian: “Gilgit”
  • Azerbaijani: “Gilgit”
  • Basque: “Gilgit”
  • Belarusian: “Гілгіт”
  • Bengali: “গিলগিট”
  • Bengali: “গিলগিত”
  • Catalan: “Gilgit”
  • Cebuano: “Gilgit (kapital sa lalawigan)”
  • Cebuano: “Gilgit”
  • Central Kurdish: “گیلگیت”
  • Chinese: “吉尔吉特”
  • Chinese: “吉爾吉特”
  • Croatian: “Gilgit”
  • Czech: “Gilgit”
  • Danish: “Gilgit”
  • Dutch: “Gilgit”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جلجت”
  • Esperanto: “Gilgit”
  • Finnish: “Gilgit”
  • French: “Gilgit”
  • Georgian: “გილგიტი”
  • German: “Gilgit”
  • Greek: “Γκιλγκίτ”
  • Gujarati: “ગિલગીટ”
  • Hausa: “Gilgit”
  • Hebrew: “גילגיט”
  • Hindi: “गिलगित”
  • Hungarian: “Gilgit”
  • Indonesian: “Gilgit”
  • Italian: “Gilgit”
  • Japanese: “ギルギット”
  • Javanese: “Gilgit”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿಲ್ಗಿಟ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گِلگَت”
  • Kashmiri: “گِلگِت”
  • Kazakh: “Гилгит”
  • Kirghiz: “Гилгит”
  • Korean: “길기트”
  • Latvian: “Gilgita”
  • Lithuanian: “Gilgitas”
  • Magahi: “गिलगित”
  • Malay: “Gilgit”
  • Marathi: “गिलगिट”
  • Mingrelian: “გილგიტი”
  • Nepali: “गिलगित”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgit”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gilgit”
  • Norwegian: “Gilgit”
  • Oromo: “Gilgit”
  • Ossetian: “Гилгит”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਲਗਿਟ”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਲਗਿਤ”
  • Persian: “گلگت”
  • Polish: “Gilgit”
  • Portuguese: “Gilgit”
  • Portuguese: “Guilguite”
  • Pushto: “ګېلګت”
  • Pushto: “گلگت”
  • Romanian: “Gilgit”
  • Russian: “Гилгит”
  • Serbian: “Гилгит”
  • Shina: “گلیٗت”
  • Sindhi: “گلگت”
  • Sinhala: “ගිල්ගිට්”
  • Slovenian: “Gilgit”
  • Somali: “Gilgit”
  • Spanish: “Gilgit”
  • Swahili: “Gilgit”
  • Swedish: “Gilgit”
  • Tajik: “Гилгит”
  • Tamil: “கில்கித்”
  • Tatar: “Гилгит”
  • Telugu: “గిల్గిట్”
  • Thai: “กิลกิต”
  • Turkish: “Gilgit Şehri”
  • Turkish: “Gilgit”
  • Ukrainian: “Гілгіт”
  • Urdu: “گلگت”
  • Uzbek: “Gilgit”
  • Vietnamese: “Gilgit”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gilgit”
  • Western Panjabi: “گلگت”

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