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Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas is the northernmost political entity under the administrative control of Pakistan. According to Pakistan's constitution, Gilgit-Baltistan is an autonomous region separate from Pakistan, and its inhabitants have never had any representation in Pakistan's parliament.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Gilgit and Skardu.

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is a mountain town in the Gilgit-Baltistan 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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is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed region. serves as the capital of and the .

Photo: Hamid Baltistani, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The blooming or the Land of Giants is a spectacular tourist attraction in the second highest plateau in the world, Deosai Plateau.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Hunza Valley and Khunjerab National Park.

Photo: Isahmed, GFDL.
Hunza was a princely state, bordering China to the north-east and Pamir to its north-west, which continued to survive until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.

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Much of in Gilgit-Baltistan tops 4,500m and is known for its elusive and endangered snow leopards. As in much of Pakistan, the military is complicit in profiting from the trade in endangered species.

is a district in Gilgit Division and quite popular with trekkers and mountaineers from all over the world.

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The Valley is a region in Baltistan in North-western , an agricultural area with many small villages and a total population around 95,000.

Gilgit-Baltistan

Latitude of center
36° north
Longitude of center
75° east
Population
1,800,000
Elevation
4,580 metres (15,026 feet)
Inception
1970
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316441092
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
1168878
Wiki­data ID
Q200697
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Gilgit-Baltistan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غلغت بلتستان”
  • 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: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • 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: “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”
  • Hebrew: “גילגיט-בלטיסטן”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी क्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “उत्तरी क्षेत्रों”
  • Hindi: “गलगत - बलतसतान”
  • Hindi: “गलगत बलतस्तान”
  • Hindi: “गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान”
  • Hindi: “गिलगित-बालतिस्तान”
  • Hindi: “गिलगित-बाल्तिस्तान”
  • Hungarian: “Északi területek”
  • Indonesian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • Italian: “Gilgit Baltistan”
  • Italian: “Gilgit Baltistàn”
  • Italian: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • Italian: “Gilgit-Baltistán”
  • 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”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿಲ್ಗಿಟ್-ಬಾಲ್ಟಿಸ್ತಾನ್”
  • Kashmiri: “گِلگَت بالتِستان”
  • Kashmiri: “گِلگِت بلتِستان”
  • Kirghiz: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
  • Korean: “길기트 발티스탄”
  • Korean: “길기트발티스탄”
  • 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-बाल्टिस्थान”
  • Maithili: “गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान”
  • Malay: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • Malayalam: “ഗിൽഗിറ്റ്-ബാൾട്ടിസ്ഥാൻ”
  • Marathi: “गिलगिट-बाल्टिस्तान”
  • Marathi: “गिलगीट-बाल्टिस्तान”
  • Mazanderani: “گلگت بلتستان”
  • Mazanderani: “گلگت-بلتستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • Mingrelian: “გილგიტ-ბალტისტანი”
  • Nepali: “गिलगित बल्तिस्तान”
  • 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”
  • Ossetian: “Гилгит-Балтистан”
  • Panjabi: “ਗਿਲਗਿਤ-ਬਾਲਤਿਸਤਾਨ”
  • Persian: “گلگت بلتستان”
  • 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”
  • South Azerbaijani: “قلقت-بلتستان”
  • Spanish: “Areas del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Áreas del Norte”
  • Spanish: “Gilgit Baltistan”
  • Spanish: “Gilgit Baltistán”
  • Spanish: “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • Spanish: “Gilgit-Baltistán”
  • Spanish: “Territorios del Norte”
  • 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”
  • 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 بلتستان”
  • Urdu: “گلگت و بلتستان”
  • Urdu: “گلگت۔بلتستان”
  • 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”
  • “Gilgit-Baltistan”
  • “गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान”

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