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Nagar District ضلع نگر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
A view of Rakaposhi from the Nagar Valley
Map of Gilgit-Baltistan with the Nagar District highlighted in red
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Gilgit-Baltistan
Division	Gilgit Division
Headquarters	Hqrespodas
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Waqas Johar (Javed Ali Manwa ( Finance Minister GB))
• District Police Officer	Abdul Qayoum Khan
• District Health Officer	Assistant Commissioner Nagar (Assistant Commissioner Nagar)
• District Treasury Officer	Syed Wahid Ali Shah
• DD Agriculture	Dr. Ghulam Abbas
Area
• Total	5,000 km (2,000 sq mi)
Population
• Total	72,000
• Estimate	16,000
Number of tehsils	3
Website	https://www.facebook.com/DcNagar51214?mibextid=ZbWKwL

The Nagar District (Template:Lang-ur) is one of the 10th 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 Ghizar The district headquarter is Harespodass.

Administration

The District Nagar administratively comprises three Tehsils, Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Sikandarabad and Tehsil Chalt Shainbar. 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 Bar, Chalt, Buladas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal, Phekar, and Hakuchar are the part 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

• Nagar Valley
• Hopar Valley
• Sumayar Valley
• Hisper Valley
• Minapin Valley
• Chalt Valley (Shaibar)

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".

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