Skardu District

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Skardu District is a mountainous administrative region in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, known as a gateway to the Karakoram Range and some of the world’s highest peaks, including K2.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district ⓘ
district ⓘ
accessedBy Skardu Airport ⓘ
administrativeCenter Skardu ⓘ
borderedBy Astore District ⓘ
Ghanche District ⓘ
Kargil District ⓘ
linked to: Kargil district

Ladakh region ⓘ
linked to: Ladakh

Shigar District ⓘ
capital Skardu ⓘ
climate cold semi-arid to alpine ⓘ
contains Deosai National Park ⓘ
Deosai Plains ⓘ
Indus River (upper course) ⓘ
Khaplu Valley ⓘ
Lower Kachura Lake ⓘ
Satpara Lake ⓘ
Shigar River ⓘ
Shigar Valley ⓘ
Skardu Valley ⓘ
linked to: Skardu

Upper Kachura Lake ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
elevation approximately 2200 metres at Skardu city ⓘ
governedBy Government of Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
hasTouristAttraction Deosai National Park ⓘ
Kharpocho Fort ⓘ
Satpara Dam ⓘ
Shangrila Resort ⓘ
knownFor gateway to the Karakoram Range ⓘ
high-altitude trekking ⓘ
mountaineering tourism ⓘ
mountainous terrain ⓘ
proximity to K2 ⓘ
language Balti ⓘ
Urdu ⓘ
linked to: Urdu language
locatedIn Baltistan ⓘ
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram Range ⓘ
linked to: Karakoram
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan ⓘ
majoritySect Shia Islam ⓘ
near Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
Gasherbrum massif ⓘ
K2 ⓘ
partOf Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
region Baltistan ⓘ
linked to: Gilgit-Baltistan
religion Islam ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
usedAs base for expeditions to Karakoram peaks ⓘ
utcOffset +5 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hunza–Nagar District → borderedBy → Skardu District ⓘ
Hushe Valley → nearestMajorRegion → Skardu region ⓘ
linked to: Skardu District
Shigar Fort → locatedIn → Skardu District ⓘ
Shigar Fort → district → Skardu District ⓘ
Shina people → significantPopulationIn → Skardu District ⓘ
Kargil district → border → Skardu District ⓘ
Shigar District → borders → Skardu District ⓘ
Balti people → populationCenter → Skardu District ⓘ
Astore District → borderedBy → Skardu District ⓘ
Satpara Stream → locatedIn → Skardu District ⓘ
Satpara Stream → flowsThrough → Skardu region ⓘ
linked to: Skardu District
Satpara Stream → sourceRegion → Skardu region ⓘ
linked to: Skardu District
Ali Sadpara → placeOfBirth → Skardu District ⓘ
Skardu Road → primaryAccessRouteFor → Skardu District ⓘ
Lower Kachura Lake → locatedIn → Skardu District ⓘ
Katpana Desert → administrativeTerritory → Skardu District ⓘ
Upper Kachura Lake → locatedIn → Skardu District ⓘ
Upper Kachura Lake → administrativeTerritory → Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan ⓘ
linked to: Skardu District
Baltoro Glacier trek → passesThrough → Skardu District ⓘ
Mitre Peak (Karakoram) → locatedIn → Skardu District ⓘ