Tangir_District

Tangir District

Tangir District

District of Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan

Tangir District (Urdu: ضلع تانگیر) is a district in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It lies 67 km from Chilas.[1][2] Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Tangir River, a right tributary of the Indus River.[3]

Quick Facts ضلع تانگیر, Country ...

History

Prior to 2019, the Tangir District was a tehsil of the Diamer District, along with Darel and Chilas.

Geography

The Tangir District is bounded on the north by the Gupis-Yasin District, on the north-east by the Ghizer District, on the east by the Darel District, and on the south and west by the Upper Kohistan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,

Notes

  1. ↑
    On the map, the Tangir District is incorrectly shown as Darel and vice versa.
  2. On the map, the Tangir District is incorrectly shown as Darel and vice versa.

References

  1. [1]
    "GB notifies four more districts, total number of districts now 14". pakistantoday.com.
  2. [2]
    "Administrative Reforms: Gilgit-Baltistan govt issues notification of four new districts". pamirtimes.net.
  3. [3]
    Tangir River, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 22 January 2022.
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