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Gilgit-Baltistan

Gilgit-Baltistan

English

Provincial emblem

Proper noun

Gilgit-Baltistan

  1. The northernmost and the larger of the two political entities which together constitute the Pakistani-controlled (but Indian-claimed) part of Jammu and Kashmir; a semi-autonomous region lying between Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and East Turkestan.

See also

  • Azad Jammu and Kashmir (southernmost and the smaller of two political entities which together constitute the Pakistani-controlled part of Jammu and Kashmir)
  • Azad Kashmir