Shigar District Explained

Shigar District
Native Name:	Urdu: {{nq|ضلع شِگر
Native Name Lang:	ur
Settlement Type:	District of Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan
Image Map1:	Kashmir region. LOC 2003626427 - showing sub-regions administered by different countries.jpg
Map Caption1:	A map showing Pakistani-administered Gilgit-Baltistan (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region
Coordinates:	35.1667°N 76.3333°W
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:	Territory
Subdivision Name1:	Gilgit-Baltistan
Subdivision Type2:	Division
Subdivision Name2:	Baltistan Division
Seat Type:	Headquarters
Seat:	Shigar
Government Type:	District Administration
Leader Title:	Deputy Commissioner
Leader Name:	N/A
Leader Title1:	District Police Officer
Leader Name1:	N/A
Leader Title2:	District Health Officer
Leader Name2:	N/A
Unit Pref:	Metric
Area Total Km2:	8,500
Pop Est As Of:	1998
Population Est:	109,000
Blank Name Sec1:	Number of tehsils
Blank Info Sec1:	1
Demographics1 Title1:	Main language(s) Balti

Shigar District (Urdu: {{nq|ضلع شِگر) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan area of Pakistan in the disputed Kashmir region.^[1] It is home to the world's second highest peak, K2, also known as Chhogori and Mount Godwin-Austen. The district is bounded on the north by the Nagar District, the Hunza District, and the Kashgar Prefecture of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, on the south-east by the Ghanche District, on the south-west by the Rondu and Skardu districts, and on the west by the Gilgit District. Shigar District was established in 2015, prior to which it had been part of the Skardu District.^[2]

The headquarters of the Shigar District is the town of Shigar, which is from the city of Skardu.

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 (e), 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 (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) 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 between 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)
   (g)
   (h) 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.), 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."
   (i) 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.";
   (j) Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
2. News: Dividing governance: Three new districts notified in G-B - The Express Tribune. 2015-07-26. The Express Tribune. 2017-10-15. en-US.