Karimabad

Karimabad, formerly known as Baltit, is the capital of the in Pakistan-administered in 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”, and “Khunza”
  • Historically known as: “Baltit”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baltit Fort.

Castle
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is a fort in the Hunza valley, near the town of Karimabad, in the region of northern Pakistan. Founded in the 8th century CE, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list since 2004.

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 . also collectively refers to multiple villages in and around the area.

is a village in Gojal Hunza. It is reached by following the Karakoram Highway.

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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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Chinese: “卡里馬巴德”
  • Chinese: “巴尔提特”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Karimabad”
  • Russian: “Бальтит”
  • Russian: “Каримабад”
  • Russian: “Хунза”
  • Spanish: “Karimabad”
  • Tamil: “கரிமாபாத்து, கில்கிட்-பால்டிஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “கரிமாபாத்து”
  • Tamil: “கில்கிட்-பால்டிஸ்தான்”
  • Urdu: “كريم آباد”
  • Urdu: “کریم آباد، پاکستان”
  • Urdu: “کریم آباد، ہنزہ”

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