Misplaced Pages

Nagar District: Difference between revisions

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Browse history interactively← Previous editNext edit →Content deleted Content addedVisualWikitext
Revision as of 09:04, 3 February 2021 edit39.40.42.244 (talk) →See alsoTags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit← Previous edit Revision as of 09:04, 3 February 2021 edit undo39.40.42.244 (talk) →See alsoTags: Mobile edit Mobile web editNext edit →
Line 51: Line 51:
==See also== ==See also==
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]
* ] * ]

Revision as of 09:04, 3 February 2021

District of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan
Nagar District ضلع نگر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
A view of Rakaposhi from the Nagar ValleyA view of Rakaposhi from the Nagar Valley
Map of Gilgit-Baltistan with the Nagar District highlighted in redMap of Gilgit-Baltistan with the Nagar District highlighted in red
Sovereign statePakistan
Administered territoryGilgit-Baltistan
DivisionGilgit Division
HeadquartersNagarkhas
Area
 • Total5,000 km (2,000 sq mi)
Population
 • Total51,387
Number of tehsils2

The Nagar District (Template:Lang-ur) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District into two districts: the Hunza District and the Nagar District. The Nagar District is bounded on the north and north-east by the Hunza District, on the south-east by the Shigar District, on the south by the Gilgit District, and on the west by the Gupis-Yasin District. The district headquarters in the town of Nagarkhas.

Administration

The District Nagar administratively comprises of two Tehsils, Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Nagar-II. All the villages of upper Nagar including Shayar, Askurdas, Sumayar, Nagarkhas, Hoper Valley, and Hispar come under the Tehsil Nagar-I. While all the villages of lower Nagar including Chalt, Buladas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal, Phekar, and Hakuchar are the par of Tehsil Nagar-II.

Political representation

At the provincial level, the district is represented by two elected members to Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly according to the following constituencies:

  • GBLA-4 (Nagar-II)
  • GBLA-5 (Nagar-I)

See also

References

  1. "Dividing governance: Three new districts notified in G-B". Express Tribune. Express Tribune. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "GEOGRAPHY & DEMOGRAPHY OF GILGIT BALTISTAN".
Nagar District
Populated places


Stub icon

This Gilgit-Baltistan location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: