Gilgit-Baltistan

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).

Gilgit-Baltistan گلگت - بلتستان‬ གིལྒིཏ་བལྟིསྟན
Admeenistrative Unit
Gilgit-Baltistān
Official seal of Gilgit-Baltistan Seal
Location o Gilgit-Baltistan (red), athoot Siachen Glacier
Coordinates: 35.35°N 75.9°E / 35.35; 75.9
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)	Urdu (Naitional & Offeecial) Shina Burushaski Balti Tibetan Wakhi Khowar
Assembly seats	33[3]
Destricts	7
Touns	7
Website	gilgitbaltistan.gov.pk

Provincial symbols of the Gilgit-Baltistan

Animal	Wild yak[4][5]
Bird	Shaheen falcon[4][5]
Tree	Himalayan oak[4][5]
Flower	Granny's bonnet
Sport	Yak polo