Gilgit-Baltistan
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Urdu گلگت بلتستان (gilgit baltistān).
Proper noun edit
- An administrative territory of Pakistan, part of Pakistani-Administered Kashmir, as well as the wider Kashmir, region. Capital: Skardu.
Synonyms edit
- (former name) Federally Administered Northern Areas
- (former name) Northern Areas
See also edit
- (provinces and territories of Pakistan) provinces of Pakistan; Azad Kashmir, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Islamabad Capital Territory, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Jammu Kashmir, Sindh (Category: en:Provinces of Pakistan)
- Azad Jammu and Kashmir (southernmost and the smaller of two political entities which together constitute the Pakistani-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir)
- Azad Kashmir