Back غلغت بلتستان Arabic Gilgit-Baltistán AST Gilgit-Baltistan Azerbaijani قلقت-بلتستان AZB Гилгит-Балтистан Bashkir Гілгіт-Балтыстан Byelorussian Гілгіт-Балтыстан BE-X-OLD Гилгит-Балтистан Bulgarian गिलगित-बल्तिस्तान Bihari গিলগিত-বালতিস্তান Bengali/Bangla
Gilgit-Baltistan گلگت - بلتستان གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན | |
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| Gilgit-Baltistān | |
_(disputed_hatched)_(claims_hatched).svg) Location o Gilgit-Baltistan (red), athoot Siachen Glacier | |
| Coordinates: 35°21′N 75°54′E / 35.35°N 75.9°E | |
| Kintra | Pakistan |
| Established | 1 July 1970 |
| Caipital | Gilgit |
| Lairgest ceety | Gilgit |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Autonomous territory o Pakistan |
| • Bodi | Legislative Assembly |
| • Govrenor | Pir Karam Ali Shah[1] |
| • Chief Minister | Syed Mehdi Shah[2] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72971 km2 (28,174 sq mi) |
| Population (2008; est.) | |
| • Total | 1,800,000 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| ISO 3166 code | PK-NA |
| Main Leid(s) |
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| Assembly seats | 33[3] |
| Destricts | 7 |
| Touns | 7 |
| Website | gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk |
| Animal | Wild yak[4][5] | .jpg)
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| Bird | Shaheen falcon[4][5] | _-_Flickr_-_Lip_Kee.jpg)
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| Tree | Himalayan oak[4][5] | 
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| Flower | Granny's bonnet | 
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| Sport | Yak polo | 
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Gilgit-Baltistan (Urdu: گلگت - بلتستان, Balti: གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན, umwhile kent as the Northren Auries (Urdu: شمالی علاقہ جات, Shumālī Ilāqe Jāt)),[6] is the northmaist poleetical entity athin Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province tae the wast, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor tae the north, Cheenae tae the east an northeast, Azad Kashmir tae the soothwast, an Indie-admeenistered Jammu an Kashmir tae the sootheast. Gilgit-Baltistan covers an aurie o 72,971 km² (28,174 mi²) an is heichlie muntainous. It haes an estimatit population approachin 1,000,000. Its admeenistrative center is the ceety o Gilgit (population 216,760).
- ↑ "Pir Karam Ali Shah appointed GB Governor". The News. 26 Januar 2011. Archived frae the original on 28 Januar 2011. Retrieved 28 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Public service policy to be pursued in Gilgit-Baltistan: PM". Ftp.app.com.pk. Archived frae the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 5 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Legislative Assembly will have directly elected 24 members, besides six women and three technocrats. "Gilgit Baltistan: New Pakistani Package or Governor Rule Archived 2014-12-25 at the Wayback Machine" 3 September 2009, The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO)
- ↑ a b c "Symbols of Gilgit-Baltistan". knowpakistan.gov.in. Retrieved 14 August 2013.[deid airtin]
- ↑ a b c "Gilgit-Baltistan Key Indicators" (PDF). Retrieved 14 August 2013.[deid airtin]
- ↑ "Cabinet approves ‘Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self-Governance Order 2009’" 29 August 2009 Associated Press of Pakistan