Gilgit District

The Gilgit District is one of seven districts ( Skardu, Ghanche, Ghizar, Hunza Nagar, Diamir and Astore District ) of the autonomous region of Gilgit -Baltistan in northern Pakistan. It was founded in 1970 when the former Gilgit Agency was restructured to the Pakistani northern areas. With the renaming of the Northern Areas of Gilgit- Baltistan in 2009, a restructuring took place, since the northern areas form the newly established district Hunza - Nagar. The district has a federal structure.

Location

The Gilgit district is bordered to the north by the Wakhan Corridor in (Afghanistan ) in the north- east and east to Xinjiang in China, on the south by the Skardu, Astore and Diamer district and to the west by the Ghizar district. The district is considered the gateway to China and Central Asia.

The town of Gilgit is the capital. According to a census in 1998, this district had a population of 243 324 people. The area of this district includes Gilgit, Gojal ( Upper Hunza ), Hunza, Juglot, Naltar, Nomal and Shimshal, and also numerous small villages such as Minapin and Hispar etc.

The district 38,021 km ² and is located on a high mountain landscape with an average altitude of 1,500 meters at the foot of the Karakoram Mountains. The highest mountain in Gilgit district is the Distaghil Sar with a summit elevation of 7,885 meters. He is the seventh highest mountain in Pakistan and the 19th highest mountain in the world.

The region of Gilgit is the starting point for trekking and mountaineering in the Karakoram Himalaya or that reach the tourists about Islamabad by plane in 50 minutes or via the Karakorum Highway after a 18 hour journey.

Administration

The Gilgit district is divided into the following branches of government: Gilgit, Aliabad, Nagar and Gojal.

The district is governed by both a parent and by a local government, headed by the Minister KA & NA Pakistan stands. Assumes this is the Chief Executive, comparable to a prime minister, a locally elected person. The local government system has a legal council, the Provincial Assembly, which is elected by the people of the six districts of Gilgit -Baltistan and represented by a speaker to the outside. Management and female members of the local governments are determined by a separate selection system.

The Chief Secretary is the head of government and all departments administrator who controls all matter of concern. There is an Inspector General of Police as a top police chief with subordinate police superintendent in all six districts of the Northern Areas.

Judiciary

The Supreme Court is constituted by the Chief Justice and two other members, who are elected by the government. Another dish, the Supreme Appellate Court, is an essential element of the case law in the northern areas.

Geography

Only a part of the basin of the Gilgit River and the Gilgit valley is connected with the political boundaries of Gilgit District. There is a land connection with the high mountain country, the glaciers and ice fields, and mountain valleys in the north and north-east with the province of Gilgit on the border of China from Muztagh and Karakoram comprises. There the Mount Rakaposhi reached a peak altitude of 7.788m.

The most important rivers of the district are the Gilgit- Khunjerab River, south of the Karakoram Highway from Khunjerab valley flows, which is also known as Hunza river and flows south to Sust. The Hunza River flows further south and flows to the northeast of Gilgit in the Gilgit River. The Gilgit River reaches the Gilgit district south of the Bichhar Pass in ( Naltar Valley ) from the west and flows west through the city of Gilgit. The Indus flows into the Gilgit district from Skardu District, a coming. About 6 kilometers north of Jaglot opens the Gilgit River in the Indus. The Indus continues to flow along the Karakoram Highway. Other rivers include the Astor River, Khujerab River, Shimshal River, Hispar River, Naltar River and Yaheen River.

High mountain passes and lakes

In the Gilgit district perform numerous passports, as the Khunjerab Pass, Mintaka Pass, Kilik Pass, Chillinji Pass, Shimshal Pass, Ghujerab Pass, Chapchingal Pass, Chaprot Pass, Naltar Pass and Pass Talmutz.

In Gilgit District to lakes such as the Naltar Lakes, the Borit Lake, Pathote -Lake, and Rush Lake are at Rush Peak.

Rule

The best-known families in the area of Gilgit, the Raja and the Wazir. Both families held the highest offices in this region in the 18th and early 19th century. Their influence was based on Gaur Rahman, the eldest son of Imam Mulk, the ruler of Yasin, who reigned from 1841., The exiled Raja from public life in their homes. Later, the Dogras of Kashmir, who practiced a government policy of divide and rule, to hold down the " savages " of the area ruled.

Nowadays influence is based on family size, power, influence and popularity, as practiced by the Gushpurs Ghizer, Makpuns of Baltistan, Hunza and Nagar Mirss of Ashraf in Astore, Haji of Darel - Tangier and Buttae of Chilas etc..

There are two influential tribes that spread over Astore, Gilgit, Ghizer, Baltistan and Diamer, these are the Shins and Yashkuns.