Gilgit-Baltistān (Pakistan)

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Name (Hebrew)
גילגיט-בלטיסטן (פקיסטן)
Name (Latin)
Gilgit-Baltistān (Pakistan)
Other forms of name
Balarwaristan (Pakistan)
FANA (Pakistan)
Federally Administered Northern Areas (Pakistan)
Coordinates
75.9 75.9 35.35 35.35 (gooearth )
E0750000 E0750000 N0360000 N0360000 (geonet )
Associated country
Pakistan
See Also From tracing place name
Northern Areas (Pakistan)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 168524422
Wikidata: Q200697
Library of congress: n 2011006453
OCoLC: oca08755125
DLC: n 2011006453
LIBRARY_OF_CONGRESS: 98173965230000041
Sources of Information
  • Wikipedia, Apr. 3, 2012(Gilgit-Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, is the northernmost political entity within Pakistan. It borders Pakistan's Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province to the west, Afghanistan's Wakhan Corridor to the north, China to the east and northeast, Azad Kashmir to the southwest, and Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast. The territory became a single administrative unit in 1970 under the name Northern Areas and was formed by the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency, the Baltistan District of the Ladakh Wazarat, and the states of Hunza and Nagar. India claims the area, along with Azad Kashmir, as part of its Jammu and Kashmir state. The Jammu and Kashmir region, under the control of India, is referred to as Indian-occupied Kashmir or IoK within Pakistan; 35.35°N 75.9°E)
  • Pakistan, health cluster PFERP 2010 projects in Gilgit Baltistan Province, 2010.
  • GeoNet, Jan. 31, 2011(Gilgit-Baltistān, Pakistan, ADMN 1, 36°N, 75°E; variants, Balarwaristan, FANA, Federally Administered Northern Areas, Northern Areas)
  • CIA Factbook, Jan. 31, 2011(the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region consists of two administrative entities: Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan)
  • U.S. State Dept. website, viewed July 25, 2012under Pakistan, background, government ("Political subdivisions: 4 provinces (Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province or NWFP)); also the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (composed of 7 tribal agencies--Bajaur, Mohmand, Khyber, Kurram, Orakzai, North Waziristan, and South Waziristan) and the Pakistani-administered portion of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region (Azad Kashmir and the Northern Areas)")
  • Email from BGN, July 25, 2012(Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Islāmābād Capital Territory, and the four Pakistani provinces are designated as administrative divisions of Pakistan)
  • GEOnet, viewed Aug. 3, 2012(Gilgit-Baltistan [approved form]; ADMD, 36°00ʹ00ʺN 075°00ʹ00ʺE; variants: Balawaristan, FANA, Federally Administered Northern Areas, Northern Areas)