بلتستان

Also known as Baltiyul

Baltistan (, ); also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet, is a mountainous region in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan and constitutes a northern portion of the larger Kashmir region that has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947. It is located southwest of the Karakoram and borders Gilgit to the west, Xinjiang of China to the north, Indian-administered Ladakh to the southeast, and the Indian-administered Kashmir Valley to the southwest. The average altitude of the region is over . Baltistan is mainly administered under the Baltistan Division.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Baltistan
Settlement.native_name: སྦལ་ཏི་སྟཱན་།
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_map: Kashmir Region November 2019.jpg
Settlement.map_caption: A map of the disputed Kashmir region showing the Pakistani administered region of Baltistan, a part of Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan
Settlement.subdivision_type: Administering Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Pakistan
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Gilgit-Baltistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.area_total_km2: 30000
Settlement.population_as_of: 2022
Settlement.population_total: 637450
Settlement.blank_name_sec1: Languages
Settlement.government_type: Divisional Administration
Settlement.leader_title: Commissioner
Settlement.leader_title1: Deputy Inspector General (DIG)