Gilgit facts for kids

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Gilgit (Urdu: گلگت) is the capital and largest city of Gilgit Baltistan. About 216.000 people live there.

View from Gilgit August 3, 2002
A view from the city of Gilgit

Images for kids

  • Henzal Stupa Gilgit

    Henzal Stupa of Buddhist

  • A Dance at Gilgit

    A Dance at Gilgit by G. W. Leitner, 1893

  • Baltit-Fort

    Baltit Fort or Balti Fort is an ancient fort in the Hunza valley in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Founded in the 1st CE, since 2004, it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative list.

  • Manuscript fragment of the Buddhist Jatakamala, Sanskrit language in the Gilgit-Bamiyan-Typ II Protosarada script, Toyuk, probably 8th-9th century - Ethnological Museum, Berlin - DSC01754

    Jatakamala manuscript 8th-9th century

  • Gilgit

    Jeeps are the best means of travel in Gilgit-Baltistan

  • PSACJG Entrance

    One of the most renowned institutes in the GB Region, Public Schools and Colleges Jutial Gilgit

  • Dance of Swati Guests with traditional music at baltit fort 2014

    Dance of Swati Guests with traditional music at Baltit Fort 2014

  • Rakaposhi Peak

    View of Rakaposhi Peak from Gilgit.

  • KKH

    Overview of the Karakoram Highway

  • Danyor

    Danyor Tunnel Gilgit

  • Danyor Tanel

    Danyor Tunnel

  • Danyor Bridge

    Danyore Suspension Bridge

  • Gilgitmanuscript

    Manuscript of the Buddhist Jyotiṣkāvadāna text written in the early Sharada script, from Gilgit.

  • Night view of Gilgit

    Night view of Gilgit. Photo by tnxl.huxain

  • Chinar Bagh Bridge

    Chinar Bagh Bridge


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