Skardu
Skardu is a town in the region of the same name in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Skardu, capital of Baltistan is perched 2,438 metres above sea level in the backdrop of the great peaks of the Karakorams.
Photo: Nazarhussain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Hannan Balti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Imtiaz balti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Skardu Fort
Tourist attraction
Skardu Fort or Kharpocho means The king of Forts is a fort in Skardu city in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Photo: Hannan Balti, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Skardu
- Type: City
- Description: city in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Location: Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
Latitude 35.2979° or 35° 17' 52.3" north | Longitude 75.6337° or 75° 38' 1.4" east |
Population 2100 | IATA airport code KDU |
Elevation 2241 metres (7352 feet) | GeoNames ID 1164709 |
Also Known As
- Arabic: سكردو
- Bengali: স্কার্দু
- Catalan: Skardo
- Cebuano: Skārdu (kapital sa distrito sa Pakistan)
- Cebuano: Skārdu
- Chinese: 斯卡杜
- Chinese: 斯卡都
- Chinese: 錫卡都
- Czech: Skardu
- Danish: Skardu
- Dutch: Skardu
- English: Sakardu
- Esperanto: Skardu
- Finnish: Skardu
- French: Skardu
- German: Skardu
- Greek: Σκαρντού
- Gujarati: સ્કર્ડુ
- Hindi: स्कर्दू
- Indonesian: Skardu
- Italian: Skardu
- Japanese: スカルドゥ
- Kannada: ಸ್ಕರ್ಡ್
- Korean: 스카르두
- Latvian: Skardu
- Lithuanian: Skardu
- Malay: Skardu
- Malayalam: സ്കാർഡു
- Marathi: स्कार्डू
- Norwegian Bokmål: Skardu
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Skardu
- Persian: سکردو
- Polish: Skardu
- Portuguese: Skardu
- Russian: Скарду
- Sindhi: اسڪردو
- Sinhala: ස්කර්දු
- Slovenian: Skardu
- Spanish: Skardu
- Swedish: Skardu
- Tamil: ஸ்கர்டு
- Tamil: ஸ்கற்டு
- Telugu: స్కార్డ్యూ
- Thai: สการ์ดู
- Turkish: Skardu
- Ukrainian: Скарду
- Urdu: سکردو
- Vietnamese: Skardu
- Western Panjabi: سکردو
- Shardu
Other Places Named Skardu
- Skārdu DistrictGilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- SkarduVillage, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- Satpara StreamStream
- SkarduMountain
- Shigar RiverStream
- GrumahMountain
- BlukroMountain
- Pin TowerMountain
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