Karimabad

Karimabad, formerly known as Baltit, is the capital of the in the Pakistani-administered of the disputed region.
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  • Type: Town with 16,000 residents
  • Description: town in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Hunza”, “Karīmābād”, “Karimabad (Hunza)”, “Karimabad, Gilgit-Baltistan”, “Khunza”, “Бальтит”, “Хунза”, “கில்கிட்-பால்டிஸ்தான்”, “卡里馬巴德”, and “巴尔提特”
  • Historically known as: “Baltit”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Baltit Fort.

Castle
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is a palatial fort in the …

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ganish and Ghulkin.

Photo: Mehtab Hussain hunzai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the within the region of .

is a village in Gojal Hunza.

Karimabad

Latitude
36.3271° or 36° 19′ 37″ north
Longitude
74.6593° or 74° 39′ 34″ east
Population
16,000
Elevation
2,386 metres (7,828 feet)
Open location code
8J8P8MG5+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 275201318
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1183614
Wiki­data ID
Q607186
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Karimabad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كريم آباد”
  • Asturian: “Karimabad”
  • Basque: “Karimabad (Gilgit-Baltistan)”
  • Basque: “Karimabad”
  • Chinese: “卡里玛巴德”
  • Chinese: “卡里瑪巴德”
  • Dutch: “Karimabad”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كريم آباد”
  • Finnish: “Karimabad (Gilgit-Baltistan)”
  • Finnish: “Karimabad”
  • French: “Karimabad”
  • German: “Karimabad”
  • Italian: “Karimabad”
  • Japanese: “カリーマーバード (フンザ)”
  • Korean: “카리마바드”
  • Lithuanian: “Karymabadas”
  • Macedonian: “Каримабад”
  • Persian: “کریم‌آباد، پاکستان”
  • Persian: “کریم‌آباد”
  • Polish: “Karimabad”
  • Russian: “Каримабад”
  • Spanish: “Karimabad”
  • Tamil: “கரிமாபாத்து, கில்கிட்-பால்டிஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “கரிமாபாத்து”
  • Urdu: “كريم آباد”
  • Urdu: “کریم آباد، پاکستان”
  • Urdu: “کریم آباد، ہنزہ”

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