Tolti
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Tolti (Urdu: and Balti: طولتی) is a city that serves as the administrative capital of Kharmang District, Gilgit Baltistan. It means "Little Tibet".[1] The village lies on the left bank of the Indus, and is approximately 35 km south-east of the confluence of the Indus from the Shayok. It is today by a well-paved road that runs along the left bank of the Indus slightly from Skardu to reach out.
Tolti
طولتی | |
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Coordinates: 35°10′N 76°20′E / 35.167°N 76.333°E | |
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Baltistan division | Kharmang |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (GMT+6) |
History
Tolti before 1840 belonged to the dominion of Kartaksho , one of the six small kingdoms Baltistan, but was ruled as a function of Karthaksho over longer time periods of one raja own family. Shortly after Tolti starts today a southern exclusion zone, so that from here onward travel after the Kharmang a few kilometers away.\
References
- ^ "Kharmang now GB district". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24.
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