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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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 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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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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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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(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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Kargil (section Skardu–Kargil Road)
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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Katpana Desert (redirect from Cod Desert Skardu)
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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S-1 Strategic Highway (redirect from Skardu Road (S1))
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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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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Geography of Gilgit-Baltistan (section Skardu District)
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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(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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Manthokha Waterfall is a waterfall located in the Kharmang Valley, in Skardu, in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the extreme northern region of Pakistan. The waterfall...
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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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Tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan (section Skardu Valley)
Deosai National Park, Skardu Satpara tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan Katzura tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan Katpana tso Lake in Skardu, Baltistan Zharba Tso...
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Action at Tsari (category Skardu District)
Gilgit-Baltistan sector at Tsari, on the banks of the Indus River near Skardu, from 11 to 12 February 1948. The conflict involved the Gilgit Scouts and...
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Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command which located near the city of Skardu in the Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is named after Air Commodore Qadri...
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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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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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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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Constituency GBLA-9 (redirect from GBA-9 (Skardu-III))
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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Boeing 737 owned and operated by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at Skardu International Airport...
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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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Constituency GBLA-8 (redirect from GBA-8 (Skardu-II))
GBA-8 (Skardu-II) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly which is currently represented by Muhammad Maisam Kazim of MWM. Sheikh Nisar of PPP became...
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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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road between Gilgit and Skardu will be upgraded to a four-lane road at a cost of $475 million to provide direct access to Skardu from the N-35. As part...
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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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