Gilgit District
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Gilgit District
ضلع گلگت گلیٗت ضلع | ||
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Deputy Commissioner Ameer Azam Hamza (DMS) | | |
| • District Police Officer | Ahmad Shah (PSP) | |
| • District Health Officer | N/A | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) | |
| Population (2017) | ||
| • Total | 330,000 [2] | |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) | |
| Number of tehsils | 3 | |
The Gilgit District (
Administration
Gilgit District is divided into three tehsils:
- Danyor Tehsil
- Gilgit Tehsil
- Juglot Tehsil
Education
According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings of 2015, the Gilgit District was ranked 35th out of 148 districts in terms of education. In terms of facilities and infrastructure, the district was ranked 67th out of 148.[3]
Geography
The Gilgit District is bounded on the north by the
Rivers
The main rivers in the district are:
- Astore River
- Gilgit River – enters the Gilgit District from the west, south of the Bichhar Pass (Naltar Valley) and flows west through the town of Gilgit
- .Hunza River – flows further south and joins the Gilgit River northeast of the town of Gilgit
- Jaglot, where the Gilgit River joins the Indus Riverand flows south along the Karakoram Highway.
- Khunjerab River – flows south along the Sost
There are many tributaries of the main rivers, some of which are the Ghujerab River, the Hispar River, the Naltar River, the Shimshal River, and the Yaheen River.
Lakes
- Borit Lake
- Naltar Lake
- Nomal Lake
- Pahote Lake
- Rush Lake
Demographics
In the 1941 census, the Gilgit District (then a tehsil) had a population of 22,495, distributed in 46 villages divided further into 12 subdivisions. Roughly 50% of the population followed Shia Islam and 49% other forms of Islam (Sunni).[4] According to scholar Martin Sökefeld, the Sunni missionaries came from the south, Shia from the east and Ismaili from the north.[5]
See also
References
- ^ due weightin the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
(a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
(b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
(c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328,ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." - ^ "Census shows patterns the same across LoC". 22 September 2017.
- ^ "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
- ^ Census of India, 1941, Volume XXII – Jammu and Kashmir, Part III (PDF), The Ranbir Government Press, 1943, pp. 522–525
- ISBN 978-3-8394-3024-8
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