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    Shigar (Urdu: شگر) is the headquarter of its namesake district and tehsil in the Baltistan division of Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. It...
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    The Shigar Valley (Urdu: وادی شگر) is a valley in Gilgit Baltistan in northern Pakistan that is watered by the Shigar River, and centred on the town of...
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    74222 The Shigar Fort (Balti and Urdu: فونگ کھر) means The Fort on Rock is an old fort of Baltistan and Pakistan located in the town of Shigar. It was built...
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    Shigar District (Urdu: ضلع شِگر) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is home to the world's second highest...
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    Skardu (section Shigar Fort)
    above sea level in the Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and Shigar rivers. The city is an important gateway to the eight-thousanders of the...
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    including Chaqchan Mosque in Khaplu, Amburik Mosque in Shigar, Khanqah e Muallah Shigar, Khaplu Fort, Shigar Fort and Skardu Fort. Polo is popular in Baltistan...
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    Shigar River (Urdu: دریائے شگر) is located in the mountainous Baltistan region of northern Pakistan. The Shigar is formed from the melted water of the...
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    The Amburiq Masjid is a mosque located in Shigar, in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is one of the oldest mosques in Baltistan. The mosque...
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    Rondu Tehsil (promoted to district in 2019; previously in Skardu District) Shigar Tehsil Gulabpur Tehsil Gultari Tehsil Skardu Tehsil Gamba Tehsil Rondu Tehsil...
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    part of Shigar, a district (formerly a tehsil) in the Baltistan region. A polo ground in Shaksgam was built by the Amacha Royal family of Shigar, and the...
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    subrange within the Karakoram range. It is located in the Arandu Valley, Shigar District, within the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The northwest...
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    lit. 'Bone breaker'; Urdu: بالتورو گلیشیر) is a glacier located in the Shigar District of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan. It stretches for 63 km...
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  • Khosar Gang is a mountain located in Shigar valley of Baltistan. It is the tallest mountain in the Shigar Valley. The mountain is also referred to as Koser...
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    According to the Gilgit-Baltistan Scouts, Balti is mostly spoken in Skardu, Shigar, Ghanche, Roundu and Kharmang parts of Gilgit-Baltistan. In the twin districts...
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    Gultari Valley (Balti:گلتری) (also known as Shingo Shigar), located west of Kargil town with Skardu 288 km to its north and Dras in south, is amongst the...
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    K2 (category Shigar District)
    K2, at 8,611 metres (28,251 ft) above sea level, is the second-highest mountain on Earth, after Mount Everest at 8,849 metres (29,032 ft). It lies in the...
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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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    Baltistan Ghanche Kharmang Rondu Shigar Skardu Gilgit Ghizer Gilgit Gupis-Yasin Hunza Nagar Diamer Astore Darel Diamer Tangir...
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    Misgar River Khunjerab River Ishkuman River Yasin River Satpara Stream Shigar River (Urdu: دریائے شگر ), formed from the melting water of the Baltoro...
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  • The Katzarah Dam is a proposed dam located near Shyok, Shigar River, and Indus rivers in Pakistan. If built it would be Pakistan's largest dam. The dam...
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    Beth Qardu (later renamed Tamanon), Beth Zabdaï, Qube d’Arzun, Balad, Shigar (Sinjar), Armenia, Beth Tabyathe and the Kartawaye, Harran and Callinicus...
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    District, on the north-west by the Rondu District and on the north by the Shigar district. The district headquarters is the town of Skardu, which is also...
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  • Chogo Lungma Glacier is a glacier in the Karakorum mountain ranges in Shigar District of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It was the first of all the big Karakorum...
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  • The Diocese of Shigar and Beth ʿArabaye was an East Syriac diocese of the Church of the East in the metropolitan province of Nisibis, centred on the town...
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    of the world's tallest mountain ranges. Hunza District, . Nagar District,Shigar District and Ghanche District in Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan...
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    to Nubra in Ladakh, but the largest desert area is found in Skardu and Shigar Valley. The portion most visited is located near Skardu Airport. Ecoregions...
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  • GBA-12 (Shigar-I) is a constituency of Gilgit Baltistan Assembly. It is represented by Raja Muhammad Azam Khan of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf. Raja Muhammad...
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    the west with Shigar District, Baltistan in the east. Approximately, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the village of Askole in Braldo, Shigar District, this...
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    (perhaps including next three) 214,848 (perhaps including next three) 3 Shigar Shigar 8,500 109,000 4 Kharmang Tolti 5,500 approx. 20,000 households 5 Roundu...
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    Zharba Lake (category Shigar District)
    Lake near Shigar Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan. Zharba Tso (Lake) uses as a water reservoir for the residents of Shigar Valley. It...
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