Baltistan; also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. It is located near the Karakoram (south of K2) and borders Gilgit …

Gilgit-Baltistan (/ ˌ ɡ ɪ l ɡ ɪ t ˌ b ɔː l t ɪ ˈ s t ɑː n,-s t æ n /; Urdu: گِلْگِت بَلْتِسْتان [11] listen ⓘ), [a] formerly known as the Northern Areas, [12] is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan ...

Baltistan, geographic region of Gilgit-Baltistan, in the Pakistani-administered sector of the Kashmir region, in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.Drained by the Indus River and tributaries such as the Shyok River, Baltistan is situated on the high Ladakh Plateau and contains the loftiest peaks of the Karakoram Range— K2 (Mount Godwin Austen; at 28,251 feet [8,611 meters] the ...

The Katpana Cold desert, world's highest desert, located in Baltistan, Pakistan.. Baltistan or Baltiyul (Balti: སྦལཏི་ཡུལ།), also known as Nang-Kod (ནང་ཀོང) by the Tibetans and Tibet-i-Khurd (Little Tibet) by the Mughals, is a historical region in northeastern Pakistan.It borders Xinjiang Autonomous Region and Tibet of China. ...

No extant manuscripts pertaining to the history of the region from premodern times have been located. Ḥashmatullah Khan's Mukhtaṣar Tarikh-e Jammun va Kashmir (1939) and Rajah Shah Rais Khan's Tarikh-e-Gilgit (unpublished manuscript; 1941) remain the chief sources. [3] H. Khan was a Dogra official, who oversaw the administration of Gilgit-Baltistan and drafted a …

Gilgit Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت بلتستان), previously known as the Northern Areas, is the northern-most autonomous territory of Pakistan.In terms of land area it is bigger than Sierra Leone but smaller than Panama. [9] [10] It was part of the former Princely state of Kashmir and Jammu in 1800s [9] and later leased to British [11] eventually liberated after a planned liberation movement ...

Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu : گلگت بلتستان), formerly known as the Northern Areas is the northernmost political entity under the administrative control of Pakistan. According to Pakistan's constitution, Gilgit-Baltistan is an autonomous region separate from Pakistan, and its inhabitants have never had any representation in Pakistan's parliament.

Government Of Gilgit Baltistan Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is a region administered by Pakistan as an administrative territory and consists of the northern portion of the larger Kashmir region.Gilgit-Baltistan covers an area of over 72,971 km2 (28,174 sq mi)

2021年12月15日 · Gilgit-Baltistan is a region of Northern Pakistan with many unique geographic features. The region of Gilgit-Baltistan is home to numerous mountain ranges, some of the largest glaciers found outside of the North and South Poles [1], and a variety of high elevation lakes, rivers, and tributaries- not to mention one of the World's most critically endangered and famous predators: The Snow Leopard.

2023年4月15日 · For centuries, deadly mountain passes and the highest concentration of 26,000-foot peaks in the world left Gilgit-Baltistan isolated. Unable to rule it directly, various empires tried to govern the region through local leaders, so that as late as 1936, the Kashmir Times noted that one of the most powerful, the Mir of Hunza, still paid …