Diamer Division Explained

Diamer-Astore Division
Settlement Type:Region administered by Pakistan as a Division
Image Map1:Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing sub-regions administered by different countries.jpg
Map Caption1:A map showing Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of the disputed Kashmir region.
Coordinates:35.4194°N 74.0944°W
Subdivision Type:Administering country
Subdivision Name:Pakistan
Subdivision Name1:Gilgit-Baltistan
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Chilas
Government Type:Divisional Administration
Leader Title:Commissioner
Leader Name:N/A
Leader Title1:Regional Police Officer
Leader Name1:N/A
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2017

Diamer Division (Urdu: {{nq|دیامیر ڈویژن), also known as Diamer-Astore Division, is a first-order administrative division of Gilgit-Baltistan region in Pakistan.[1] [2]

The divisional headquarters of the Diamer Division is the town of Chilas.[3] The Diamer Division currently consists of four districts:

See also

Notes and References

  1. The application of the term "administered" to the various regions of Kashmir and a mention of the Kashmir dispute is supported by the tertiary sources (a) through (d), reflecting due weight in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (f) through (h) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (i) below).
    (a) (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
    (b) (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
    (c) C. E Bosworth, University of Manchester Quote: "KASHMIR, kash'mer, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, administered partlv by India, partly by Pakistan, and partly by China. The region has been the subject of a bitter dispute between India and Pakistan since they became independent in 1947";
    (d) Quote: "Jammu and Kashmir: Territory in northwestern India, subject to a dispute betw een India and Pakistan. It has borders with Pakistan and China."
    (e) Quote: "We move from a disputed international border to a dotted line on the map that represents a military border not recognized in international law. The line of control separates the Indian and Pakistani administered areas of the former Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir.";
    (f) (subscription required) Quote: "... China became active in the eastern area of Kashmir in the 1950s and has controlled the northeastern part of Ladakh (the easternmost portion of the region) since 1962.";
    (g) Quote: "J&K: Jammu and Kashmir. The former princely state that is the subject of the Kashmir dispute. Besides IJK (Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The larger and more populous part of the former princely state. It has a population of slightly over 10 million, and comprises three regions: Kashmir Valley, Jammu, and Ladakh.) and AJK ('Azad" (Free) Jammu and Kashmir. The more populous part of Pakistani-controlled J&K, with a population of approximately 2.5 million. AJK has six districts: Muzaffarabad, Mirpur, Bagh, Kodi, Rawalakot, and Poonch. Its capital is the town of Muzaffarabad. AJK has its own institutions, but its political life is heavily controlled by Pakistani authorities, especially the military), it includes the sparsely populated "Northern Areas" of Gilgit and Baltistan, remote mountainous regions which are directly administered, unlike AJK, by the Pakistani central authorities, and some high-altitude uninhabitable tracts under Chinese control."
    (h) Quote: "Kashmir’s identity remains hotly disputed with a UN-supervised “Line of Control” still separating Pakistani-held Azad (“Free”) Kashmir from Indian-held Kashmir.";
    (i) Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
  2. Web site: 12 November 2020. گلگت بلتستان میں تیر چلے گا، شیر دھاڑے گا یا پھر بلا سب پر بھاری رہے گا؟. 7 February 2021. Hum News. ur-PK. 18 November 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221118113446/https://www.humnews.pk/latest/288898/. dead.
  3. Web site: 27 August 2020. بدھا کے آثار محفوظ کرنے کے لیے بڑی چٹانوں کو منتقل کرنے کا منصوبہ. 7 February 2021. Independent Urdu. ur-PK.

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