Nagar District
Nagar District
ضلع نگر | |
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District of Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan | |
| District Nagar | |
A view of Rakaposhi from the Nagar Valley | |
Interactive map of Nagar district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Nagarkhas): 36°16′35″N 74°43′12″E / 36.2764°N 74.72°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Division | Gilgit Division |
| Headquarters | Nagarkhas |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner Nagar | Cap(R) Ata ur Rahman (PAS) present |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • Deputy Commissioner Nagar | Cap(R) Ata Ur Rahman (PAS) present |
| • District Treasury Officer | Syed Wahid Ali Shah |
| • DD Agriculture | Dr. Ghulam Abbas |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,137 km2 (1,597 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 78,114 |
| • Density | 19/km2 (49/sq mi) |
| Number of tehsils | 3
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Nagar District (Urdu: ضلع نگر) is a district of Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan area in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 14 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan. Nagar District was established in 2015 by the division of the Hunza–Nagar District into two districts: the Hunza District and the Nagar District. The Nagar District is bounded on the north and north-east by the Hunza District, on the south-east by the Shigar District, on the south by the Gilgit District, and on the west by the Gupis-Yasin District. The district headquarters in the town of Nagarkhas. Overall less than 10% of the district is covered by alpine and winter pastures while 87% of land is either barren or permanently snow covered.