List of districts in Gilgit-Baltistan


There are 14 districts in Gilgit–Baltistan, five in Baltistan Division, five in Gilgit Division and four in Diamer Division. The number rose from seven to ten in 2016 after the addition of 2 districts in Baltistan Valley and the bifurcation of the Hunza-Nagar district in Gilgit Division. In 2019, Darel, Tangir, Gupis–Yasin and Roundu were announced as new districts., there are 14 districts in Gilgit Baltistan, 5 in the Baltistan Division, 5 in the Gilgit Division and 4 in the Diamer Division. Each district is further divided into tehsils and union councils.

List

The figures for area and population are according to the statistics issued by the Planning and Development Department of the Gilgit Baltistan. In brackets are the figures given by the UNOSAT. Note that UNOSAT gives the total area of Gilgit Baltistan as , as opposed to the official figures of .
DistrictHeadquartersArea
Population
Division
GhancheKhaplu8,531 181,610Baltistan
SkarduSkardu10,168 312,875Baltistan
RounduDambudasIncluded in Skardu DistrictBaltistan
KharmangTolti6,144 58,303Baltistan
ShigarShigar4,173 84,662Baltistan
AstoreEidghah5,411 102,738Diamer
DiamerChilas7,234 323,643Diamer
DarelDarelIncluded in Diamer DistrictDiamer
TangirTangirIncluded in Diamer DistrictDiamer
GhizerGahkuch12,381 189,530Gilgit
NagarSikandarabad4,137 78,114Gilgit
Gupis–YasinPhanderIncluded in Ghizer DistrictGilgit
GilgitGilgit4,208 338,968Gilgit
HunzaKarimabad10,109 52,652Gilgit
Total72,496 1,713,778-