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1. Gilgitnoun

   Gilgit is the capital of Northern Areas administrative region of Pakistan, situated near Karakoram Highway (KKH). The city is one of the two important hubs for mountaineering expeditions to all peaks in Karakoram range that includes more than sixty peaks above 7000 m (22,960 ft). The other hub is Skardu.

2. Gilgitnoun

   Gilgit is one of the six districts of Northern Areas administrative region of Pakistan.

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1. Gilgit

   Gilgit (; Shina: گلیت; Urdu: گلگت IPA: [ˈɡɪlɡɪt]) is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, Pakistan. The city is located in a broad valley near the confluence of the Gilgit River and the Hunza River. It is a major tourist destination in Pakistan, serving as a hub for trekking and mountaineering expeditions in the Karakoram mountain range. Gilgit was once a major centre for Buddhism; it was an important stop on the ancient Silk Road, and today serves as a major junction along the Karakoram Highway with road connections to China as well as the Pakistani cities of Skardu, Chitral, Peshawar, and Islamabad. Currently, it serves as a frontier station for the local tribal areas. The city's economic activity is mainly focused on agriculture, with wheat, maize, and barley as the mainly-produced crops.

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1. Gilgit

   Gilgit is the capital city of Gilgit–Baltistan, which is a self-governing territory under Pakistani control but which, constitutionally, is not actually part of Pakistan. Gilgit–Baltistan, formerly known as the Northern Areas, presently consists of nine districts, namely, Astore, Diamir, Ghizer, Gilgit, Hunza-Nagar, Ghanche, Kharmang, Shigar, and Skardu. The dominant tribe of Gilgit-Baltistan is the Shin, and Shina is the language spoken by a majority of the population from Ghizer in Gilgit–Baltistan to Kohistan in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The town of Gilgit constitutes a tehsil within the Gilgit District. The town's ancient name was Sargin, later to be known as Gilit, and it is still referred to as Gilit or Sargin-Gilit by local people. In the Burushaski language, it is named Geelt and in Wakhi and Khowar it is called Gilt. Ghallata is considered its name in ancient Sanskrit literature. The town of Gilgit is one of two major hubs in Gilgit-Baltistan for mountaineering expeditions to the Karakoram and other peaks in the Himalayas, the other hub being Skardu.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gilgit in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gilgit in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of gilgit in a Sentence

1. Aftab Mehmood:

   Manzoor Ahmad Qureshi predicted. STILL STRUGGLING TO ENFORCE. While the village committees in Diamer have new powers, they still find themselves outmatched by timber smugglers in technology and other resources, local experts say. The forest department lacks the resources it needs to effectively monitor all the forests in the region, while the smugglers have access to all the equipment and money they need, said Aftab Mehmood, a divisional forest officer at the Gilgit-Baltistan wildlife department. have proposed to the government that it raise a special force in the region to combat the timber smugglers and protect the rights of the local forest communities.

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