Gilgit-Baltistan
For the Indian-controlled part of the northern region of Kashmir, see Ladakh. Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas is the northernmost political entity under the administrative control of Pakistan.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Gilgit and Skardu.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Hunza Valley and Gilgit Division.
Khunjerab National Park
Much of Khunjerab National Park in Gilgit-Baltistan…
Gilgit-Baltistan
- State with about 1,160,000 residents
- …dates from 1970
- Description: Territory administered by Pakistan
- Also known as“FANA”“Federally Administered Northern Areas”
- Historically known as“Northern Areas”“شمالی علاقہ جات”
- Neighbors: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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Latitude of center
36° north
Longitude of center
75° east
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Wu Chinese—“Gilgit-Baltistan” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ግልግት-ባልቲስታን(POK)”
- Arabic: “غلغت بلتستان”
- Arabic: “كلكت بلتستان”
- Armenian: “Գիլգիտ-Բալտիստան”
- Asturian: “Gilgit-Baltistán”
- Azerbaijani: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Balinese: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Balti: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Bashkir: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Basque: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Basque: “Iparraldeko Eremuak”
- Belarusian: “Гілгіт-Балтыстан”
- Bengali: “গিলগিট-বালতিস্তান”
- Bengali: “গিলগিত-বালতিস্তান”
- Bhojpuri: “गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान”
- Bhojpuri: “गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान”
- Bulgarian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Bulgarian: “Северна провинция” (historical)
- Burushaski: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Catalan: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Catalan: “Territoris del Nord”
- Cebuano: “Northern Areas”
- Chinese: “克什米尔北部地区”
- Chinese: “北部地区”
- Chinese: “北部地區”
- Chinese: “吉尔吉特－巴尔蒂斯坦”
- Chinese: “吉爾吉特－巴爾蒂斯坦”
- Crimean Tatar: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Croatian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Croatian: “Sjeverna područja” (historical)
- Czech: “Gilgit - Baltistán”
- Czech: “Northern Areas”
- Czech: “Severní oblasti”
- Danish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Dimli (individual language): “Gilgit-Baltıstan”
- Dutch: “Balawaristan”
- Dutch: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Dutch: “Noordelijke gebieden”
- Dutch: “Northern Areas”
- Esperanto: “Gilgit-Baltilando”
- Estonian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Estonian: “Põhjaalad”
- Finnish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- French: “Baltistan”
- French: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- French: “Territoires du Nord” (historical)
- Georgian: “გილგის-ბალტისტანი”
- Georgian: “გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი”
- German: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- German: “Northern Areas”
- German: “PK-GB”
- German: “PK-NA”
- German: “Nordgebiete” (historical)
- Greek: “Γκιλγκίτ-Μπαλτιστάν”
- Gujarati: “ગિલગીટ-બાલ્તિસ્તાન”
- Hausa: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- Hebrew: “גילגיט-בלטיסטן”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी क्षेत्रों”
- Hindi: “गिलगित-बाल्तिस्तान”
- Hungarian: “Északi területek”
- Indonesian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Italian: “Gilgit–Baltistan”
- Italian: “Territori del Nord”
- Japanese: “ギルギット・バルティスターン州”
- Japanese: “ギルギット・バルティスタン”
- Japanese: “ギルギット・バルティスタン州”
- Japanese: “北方地域”
- Javanese: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- Kannada: “ಗಿಲ್ಗಿಟ್-ಬಾಲ್ಟಿಸ್ತಾನ್”
- Kashmiri: “گِلگَت بالتِستان”
- Kashmiri: “گِلگِت بلتِستان”
- Kazakh: “Гилгит-Балтистан(ПОК)”
- Kirghiz: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Korean: “길기트 발티스탄”
- Korean: “연방통치 북부지구”
- Latin: “Gilgit et Baltistania”
- Latvian: “Gilgita-Baltistāna”
- Lithuanian: “Džildžit Baltistanas”
- Lithuanian: “Gilgitas-Baltistanas”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės kraštai”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurės teritorijos”
- Lithuanian: “Šiaurinės teritorijos”
- Luxembourgish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Magahi: “गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान”
- Magahi: “गिलगित-बाल्टिस्थान”
- Maithili: “गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान”
- Malay: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Malayalam: “ഗിൽഗിറ്റ്-ബാൾട്ടിസ്ഥാൻ”
- Marathi: “गिलगित‑बाल्टिस्तान”
- Marathi: “गिलगीट-बाल्टिस्तान”
- Mazanderani: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Mingrelian: “გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი”
- Mongolian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Nepali: “गिल्गित-बाल्तिस्तान”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordområdene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Nordområdet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Nordområda”
- Norwegian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Norwegian: “Nordområdene”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Oromo: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- Ossetian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Panjabi: “ਗਿਲਗਿਤ-ਬਾਲਤਿਸਤਾਨ”
- Persian: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Polish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Polish: “Obszary Północne”
- Portuguese: “Áreas do Norte”
- Portuguese: “Gilgit-Baltistão”
- Portuguese: “Guilguite-Baltistão”
- Pushto: “ګيلګيت بلتيستان”
- Pushto: “گېلگېت بالتستان”
- Pushto: “گېلگېت بالتيستان”
- Russian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Russian: “Северная провинция”
- Russian: “Северные территории Пакистана”
- Russian: “Северные территории”
- Sanskrit: “उत्तरक्षेत्राणि”
- Sanskrit: “गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्थानम्”
- Sanskrit: “गिलगित-बाल्टिस्तान”
- Sanskrit: “गिलगित-बाल्टिस्थानम्”
- Santali: “ᱜᱤᱞᱜᱤᱛ-ᱵᱟᱞᱛᱤᱥᱛᱟᱱ”
- Scots: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Serbian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Serbian: “Балтистан”
- Serbian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
- Serbian: “Северна подручја”
- Shina: “گِلگِت بَلتِستٓن”
- Sindhi: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Sinhala: “ගිල්ගිට්-බල්ටිස්ටාන්”
- Slovenian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Slovenian: “PK-GB”
- Slovenian: “PK-NA”
- Slovenian: “Severna območja”
- Somali: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- South Azerbaijani: “قلقت-بلتستان”
- Spanish: “Áreas del Norte”
- Spanish: “Gilgit-Baltistán”
- Spanish: “Territorios del Norte”
- Swahili: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- Swedish: “Baltistan”
- Swedish: “Diamir”
- Swedish: “Ghanchee”
- Swedish: “Ghizer”
- Swedish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Swedish: “Gilgit”
- Swedish: “Norra området”
- Tajik: “Гилгит-Балтистон”
- Tajik: “Голгат-Балтистон”
- Tamil: “கில்கிட் -பல்டிஸ்டான்”
- Tamil: “வடக்கு நிலங்கள்”
- Tatar: “Гилгит-Балтистан(ПОК)”
- Telugu: “గిల్జిత్-బాల్టిస్టాన్”
- Thai: “กิลกิต-บัลติสถาน”
- Turkish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Turkish: “Kuzey Toprakları”
- Ukrainian: “Гілгіт-Балтистан”
- Urdu: “آزاد جممو اور کشمیر”
- Urdu: “شمالی علاقہ جات” (historical)
- Urdu: “صوبہ گلگت بلتستان”
- Urdu: “گلگت و بلتستان”
- Urdu: “گلگت۔بلتستان”
- Uzbek: “Gilgit-Baltistan(POK)”
- Vietnamese: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
- Wakhi: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Welsh: “Ardaloedd y Gogledd” (historical)
- Welsh: “Gilgit–Baltistan”
- Western Panjabi: “گلگت بلتستان”
- Wu Chinese: “吉尔吉特-巴尔蒂斯坦”
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