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Diamer District

Coordinates: 35°26′5.78″N 73°56′31.59″E / 35.4349389°N 73.9421083°E / 35.4349389; 73.9421083
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Diamer District
ضلع دیامر
District
Location of Diamer District
Country Pakistan
StateGilgit-Baltistan
CapitalChilas
Time zoneUTC+5:00 (PST)

Diamer District (Template:Lang-ur); also called Diamir district[1][2]) is one of the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is the district through which the Karakoram Highway passes. Capital of the district is Chilas.

Diamer District is bounded by Astore District in the east, by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the southwest (separated by the Babusar Pass or Babusar Top), Neelum District in the south, the Ghizer District in the north and northwest, and the Gilgit District in the north and northeast.

Prior to 2019, the Darel and Tangir districts were also part of the Diamer district. They have been made independent districts by the Government of Gilgit–Baltistan.[3]

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, Diamer is ranked 95 out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district is ranked 127 out of 148.[4]. More educational institutions are required in the area to ensure access, equity and quality of education. Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik former Deputy Commissioner Diamer opened the first ever Chilas Public School in Deputy Commissioner House with the assistance of his wife Mrs. Shahnaz Akhtar Malik in 1992.

Transportation

Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the only road reaching Gilgit town from the south was a rough track north from Balakot to Babusar Pass (via Kaghan, Naran, Besal, and Gittidas) and further north through Babusar Gah to Chilas. The road up to Besal is now in better condition, but from Besal to Babusar Pass, the road is good with new carpeted road.

See also

References

  1. ^ Guide to Standard Floras of the World: An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas 2, revised: David G. Frodin Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001, Page R79
  2. ^ Islam, Women, and Violence in Kashmir: Between India and Pakistan: Nyla Ali Khan Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, Page 9
  3. ^ "GB cabinet decides to upgrade Dareal, Tangir,Gupis Yasin and Roundu as districts". Radio Pakistan. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-05-07.

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