Tangir District

Tangir District

ضلع تانگیر
Tangir District ضلع تانگیر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
	District map of Gilgit-Baltistan
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Gilgit-Baltistan
Division	Diamer Division
Headquarters	Tangir
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Languages
• Official language	Urdu
Number of tehsils	1

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]

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

^ On the map, the Tangir District is incorrectly shown as Darel and vice versa.

References

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

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

[2] "GB notifies four more districts, total number of districts now 14". pakistantoday.com.

[3] "Administrative Reforms: Gilgit-Baltistan govt issues notification of four new districts". pamirtimes.net.

[4] Tangir River, OpenStreetMap, retrieved 22 January 2022.

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v t e Districts of Gilgit-Baltistan
Provincial capital: Gilgit
Baltistan	Ghanche Skardu Shigar Kharmang Roundu
Gilgit	Ghizer Gupis-Yasin Gilgit Hunza Nagar
Diamer	Astore Diamer Darel Tangir

v t e Gilgit-Baltistan topics
Capital: Gilgit
Passes	Babusar Pass Bichhar Pass Burji La Burzil Pass Chillinji Pass Darkot Pass Gondogoro Pass Hayal Pass Hispar Pass Khunjerab Pass
Valleys	Bagrot Valley Naltar Valley Astore Valley Nomal Valley Gilgit Valley Skardu Valley Khaplu Valley Kharmang Shigar Valley Roundu Baltistan Stak Valley Galtari
Cities and towns	(list) Gilgit Skardu Shigar Khaplu Kharmang Roundu Baltistan Danyor Jalaalabad Balghar Tolti Jutal Barah valley Chalunka Chorbat Valley Ghawari Haldi Hassanabad Karimabad Hushe Valley Keris Valley Kharfak Korphe Yugo, Baltistan Yugupa
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Architecture	Chaqchan Mosque Khanaq-e-Mullah Noorbakshia Khaplu Bala Khaplu Palace Shigar Fort Skardu Fort Baltit Fort Amburiq Mosque
See also	Provincial Highways of Gilgit-Baltistan Karakoram Highway Ladakh Line of Control Kargil War Balti language History of Gilgit-Baltistan K2 Balti (food)