Nagar District
ضلع نگر | |
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District of Gilgit-Baltistan administered by Pakistan[1] | |
District Nagar | |
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 | Herespo |
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 | 5,000 km2 (2,000 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[citation needed] | |
• Total | 87,500 |
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.[1] It is one of the 14 districts of Gilgit-Baltistan.[2] 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.
The District Nagar administratively comprises three Tehsils, Tehsil Nagar-I and Tehsil Nagar-II.[3] and Tehsil Shenbar/Chalt۔All the villages of Uyum Nager or upper Nagar including Shayar, Askurdas, Sumayar, Nagarkhas, Hoper Valley, and Hispar come under the Tehsil Nagar-I. While all the villages of lower Nagar including Bar, Chalt, Buladas, Chaprote, Skandarabad, Jafarabad, Nilt, Thol, Ghulmet, Pisan, Minapin, Meacher, Dadhimal, Phekar, and Hakuchar are the par of Tehsil Nagar-II.
At the provincial level, the district is represented by two elected members to Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly according to the following constituencies: