Diamer Division
Diamer-Astore Division
دیامر استور ڈویژن | |
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 Interactive map of Baltistan division | |
![A map showing Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of the disputed Kashmir region.[1]](/File:Kashmir_region._LOC_2003626427_-_showing_sub-regions_administered_by_different_countries.jpg) | |
| Coordinates: 35°25′10″N 74°05′40″E / 35.4194°N 74.0944°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Capital | Chilas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Divisional Administration |
| • Commissioner | N/A |
| • Regional Police Officer | N/A |
Diamer Division (
Urdu: دیامیر ڈویژن), also known as Diamer-Astore Division, is a first-order administrative division of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan.[1][2]
The divisional headquarters of the Diamer Division is the town of Chilas.[3] The Diamer Division currently consists of four districts:
See also
References
- ^ due weightin the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
(a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
(b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
(c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328,ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'." - ^ "گلگت بلتستان میں تیر چلے گا، شیر دھاڑے گا یا پھر بلا سب پر بھاری رہے گا؟". Hum News (in Urdu). 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 18 November 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "بدھا کے آثار محفوظ کرنے کے لیے بڑی چٹانوں کو منتقل کرنے کا منصوبہ". Independent Urdu (in Urdu). 27 August 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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