Northern Pakistan
Geographical region in Pakistan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Northern Pakistan (Urdu: شمالی پاکستان ALA-LC: śimālī Pākistān) is a tourism region in northern and north-western parts of Pakistan, comprising the administrative units of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly known as Northern Areas), Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory and the Rawalpindi Division in Punjab.[1][2] The first two territories are a part of the wider Kashmir region.[lower-alpha 2] It is a mountainous region straddling the Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindu Kush mountain ranges, containing many of the highest peaks in the world and some of the longest glaciers outside polar regions.[3] Northern Pakistan accounts for a high level of Pakistan's tourism industry.[4]
Northern Pakistan
شمالی پاکستان | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Adm. Units | Azad Jammu and Kashmir Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab (Rawalpindi Division) |
Largest city | Rawalpindi |
Area | |
• Total | 210,954 km2 (81,450 sq mi) |
[lower-alpha 1] | |
Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |