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    Skardu (Urdu: سکردو, romanized: skardū, Tibetan script: སྦལ་ཏི།, pronounced [skərduː]) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the...
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    Skardu International Airport (IATA: KDU, ICAO: OPSD) is an international airport in Skardu, in the Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. It also serves...
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    The Skardu Valley (Urdu: وادی سکردو) is located in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The valley is about 10 km wide and 40 km long. It is at the confluence...
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    Gilgit and Skardu. * Combined population of Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Roundu districts. Shigar and Kharmang Districts were carved out of Skardu District...
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    The siege of Skardu was a prolonged military blockade carried out by the Gilgit Scouts, Chitral Scouts and Chitral State Bodyguards, acting in coordination...
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    The Skardu District (Urdu: ضلع سکردو) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. Skardu District is bounded...
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    (district) of the state. The region retained its identity in this setup as the Skardu tehsil, with Kargil and Leh being the other two tehsils of the district...
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    Skardu Fort or Kharpocho (Balti: کھر فچو; Urdu: قلعہ سکردو), meaning The king of Forts, is a fort in Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan...
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    fitting description for a place that is equidistant from Srinagar, Leh and Skardu. Kargil is located at the confluence of multiple river valleys: the Suru...
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    The Skardu–Kargil Road (Urdu: سکردو – کارگل سڑک) is a 126-kilometre (78 mi) provincial highway in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit–Baltistan...
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    spelt Manthoka Waterfall, is a waterfall located in the Kharmang Valley, Skardu, in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the extreme northern region of Pakistan. The waterfall...
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  • Strategic Highway 1 (S-1), also known as the Gilgit–Skardu Road (Balti: སྐར་མདོ་གིལགིཏ་རྒྱ་ལམ) or Skardu Road, is a 167-kilometre-long (104 mi) highway in...
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    Gilgit-Baltistan comprises 14 districts within three divisions. The four districts of Skardu Kharmang Shigar and Ghanche are in the Baltistan Division, four districts...
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    Biang-a or Cold Desert is a high-altitude desert located in Skardu Valley in District Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The desert contains large sand...
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  • Cadet College Skardu is a military high school located at Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The college was established in 2001 and is the first institution...
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    more than fifty peaks above 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). Gilgit, Astore and Skardu are the three main hubs for expeditions to those mountains. The region is...
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    Lake, also known as Shangrila Lake, is a lake located near the city of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Situated at a height of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft)...
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  • GBA-9 (Skardu-III) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently represented by Wazir Muhammad Saleem an independent Member. Wazir...
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  • dam site near Skardu among others and called it Skardu dam.[citation needed] Confusion is being created by calling Katzarah as Skardu, the two different...
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    Boeing 737 owned and operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Skardu International Airport...
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  • ཡུ་ནི་ཝྲ་སིཊི་ ཨཕ་ སྦལ་ཏིས་ཏན །༑།) is an international level university in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It was established in 2017 with a charter by...
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    Bhakkar (Punjab), the Kharan Desert in Balochistan, and the Katpana Desert in Skardu (Gilgit-Baltistan). The Thar Desert spans an area of 175,000 square kilometers...
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    (promoted to district in 2019; previously in Skardu District) Shigar Tehsil Gulabpur Tehsil Gultari Tehsil Skardu Tehsil Gamba Tehsil Rondu Tehsil Astore Tehsil...
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  • GBA-7 (Skardu-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently being held by Raja Zakarya Maqoon of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. In 2009...
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    degrees on the occasion of First Convocation of the University of Baltistan, Skardu, on 26 October 2018". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved...
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    located in Manthal village in Skardu, in Pakistan. Buddha Rock is one of the most important relics of Buddhism in Skardu. It is about 3 km from the Sadpara...
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    سدپارہ جھیل) is a natural lake near Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The lake supplies water to Skardu Valley. It is fed by the Satpara...
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    The Kachora Tso Lakes (Urdu: کچورہ جھیل) are three lakes in the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. The lakes, at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft)...
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    toward Skardu.: 103–127  The Pakistani attacked the Skardu on 10 February 1948 which was repulsed by the Indian soldiers. Thereafter, the Skardu Garrison...
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    Kashmir State Forces and later the Indian Army. Revered as the Hero of Skardu, he was a recipient of the Indian Army's second highest gallantry award...
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