Diamer District

Diamer District (Urdu: ضلع دیامر), also spelled Diamir District,) is a district in the Gilgit-Baltistan region administered by Pakistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Chilas. The district is bounded on the north by the Tangir and the Gilgit districts, on the east by the Astore District, on the south by the Mansehra district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Neelum District of Azad Kashmir, and on the west by the Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Karakoram Highway passes through Diamer District.

Diamir District
ضلع دیامر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
Shanrgah Lake in Shatti Choi Valley
Country Pakistan
Territory Gilgit-Baltistan
DivisionDiamer Division
HeadquartersChilas
Government
  TypeDistrict Administration
  Deputy CommissionerN/A
  District Police OfficerN/A
  District Health OfficerN/A
Area
  Total10,936 km2 (4,222 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
  Total214,000
Number of tehsils2
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