Gilgit–Baltistan (Urdu/Shina/Burushaski: گلگت بلتستان, Balti: གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན,
formerly known as the Northern
Areas])
is the northernmost territory of Pakistan. It borders the territory of Azad Kashmir to the south, the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west, the Wakhan
Corridor of
Afghanistan to the north, the Xinjiang autonomous region of China to the east
and northeast and the Jammu and
Kashmir state of India
to the southeast.
Together
with Azad Kashmir and the Jammu and Kashmir state, it forms part of the disputed
Kashmir region, which has been the subject of conflict
between India and Pakistan since
the two countries' independence and partition in 1947.Gilgit–Baltistan
is an autonomous self-governing region that was established as a single
administrative unit in 1970, formed by the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency,
the Baltistan region and the former princely states
of Hunza and Nagar. It covers an area of
72,971 km² (28,174 mi²) and is highly mountainous. It has an
estimated population approaching 1,000,000. Its capital city is Gilgit (population 216,760).From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunday, 26 January 2014
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