Pakistan
Gilgit-Baltistan
Hunza-Nagar District

Baltit Fort

Baltit Fort 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.
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  • Opening hours: 9:00 AM—5:30 PM
  • Type: Castle
  • Description: fort in Pakistan
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karimabad and Ganish.

Photo: Imran Shah, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly known as Baltit, is the capital of the in Pakistan-administered in the disputed region.

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.

Baltit Fort

Latitude
36.32549° or 36° 19′ 32″ north
Longitude
74.66994° or 74° 40′ 12″ east
Open location code
8J8P8MG9+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 400150600
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1247039
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Baltit Fort” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Baltit gotorlekua”
  • Chinese: “巴勒提特堡”
  • Chinese: “巴爾蒂特堡壘”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “حصن بالتيت”
  • French: “fort de Baltit”
  • French: “Fort de Baltit”
  • German: “Fort Baltit”
  • Italian: “Rocca di Baltit”
  • Persian: “دژ بالتیت”
  • Russian: “Балтит”
  • Sindhi: “بلتت قلعو”
  • Spanish: “Fortaleza Baltit”
  • Tatar: “борынгы Балтит кальгасы”
  • Turkish: “Baltit Kalesi”
  • Urdu: “بلتت قلعہ”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ بلتت ہنزہ”
  • Urdu: “قلعہ بلتت”
  • Western Panjabi: “بلتت قلعہ”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Gatehouse and zero point.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Baltit Fort”. Photo: Jamalhunzokuz, CC BY-SA 4.0.