Hunza District
Hunza District (Urdu: ضلع ہنزہ, Burushaski: ہُنزݳ ضِلع) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 14 districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan region. It was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District in accordance with a government decision to establish more administrative units in Gilgit-Baltistan. The district headquarters is the town of Karimabad.
Hunza District
ضلع ہنزہ ہُنزݳ ضِلع | |
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District of Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan | |
Hussaini Village in Gojal (Upper Hunza) | |
Interactive map of Hunza district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Karimabad, Gilgit=Baltistan): 36°34′N 75°06′E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Division | Gilgit Division |
| Headquarters | Karimabad |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,660 km2 (4,500 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 243,324 |
| • Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Number of tehsils | 2 |
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