Shigar District

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Shigar District is an administrative district in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, known for encompassing the Shigar Valley and serving as a gateway to the Karakoram mountain range, including routes to K2.

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Shigar District canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
accessRouteFor Baltoro Glacier treks
Gasherbrum expeditions
K2 expeditions
administrativeUnitOf Gilgit-Baltistan
borders China
Ghanche District
Skardu District
Xinjiang
capital Shigar
linked to: Shigar Valley
contains Shigar River
Shigar Valley
country Pakistan
gatewayTo Baltoro Glacier
Concordia
K2
governedAs district of Gilgit-Baltistan
hasClimate cold desert climate
hasLanguage Balti
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasSettlement Arandu
Askole
Shigar
linked to: Shigar Valley
hasTourismType mountain tourism
mountaineering
trekking
hasValley Shigar Valley
highestPeaksAccessibleFrom Broad Peak
Gasherbrum I
Gasherbrum II
K2
knownFor Shigar Valley scenery
access to Karakoram peaks
gateway to K2 base camp
high-altitude landscapes
locatedIn Baltistan
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedOnContinent Asia
regionType mountainous region
religionMajority Islam
timeZoneOffset UTC+05:00

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Shigar Valley administrativeDistrict Shigar District
Concordia (Karakoram) administrativeTerritory Shigar District
subject linked to: Concordia
Hunza District borderWith Shigar District
Shigar River locatedIn Shigar District
Askole locatedInAdministrativeEntity Shigar District
Askole locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Shigar District
subject linked to: Askole village
Balti people populationCenter Shigar District