Diamer District

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Diamir District
ضلع دیامر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
darel
Location of Diamir District
Country Pakistan
Territory Gilgit-Baltistan
DivisionDiamer Division
HeadquartersChilas
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerN/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total10,936 km2 (4,222 sq mi)
Population
 (2013)
 • Total214,000
Number of tehsils2

The Diamer District (Urdu: ضلع دیامر), also spelled Diamir District,[1][2]) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan. The headquarters of the district is the town of Chilas. The district is bounded by on the north by the Tangir and the Gilgit districts, on the east by the Astore District, on the south by the Naran District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Neelum District of Azad Kashmir, and on the west by the Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Karakoram Highway passes through the Diamer District.

History[]

During the British Raj, the areas was known as the Chilas District and regarded as a tribal area.[3][4] Its original name was apparently Shiltās.[5]

The Chilas district was incorporated under the Gilgit Agency when it was formed in 1935.[6] It was not governed by a ruler, but rather formed a 'republican community'.[7] An Assistant Political Agent of the Gilgit Agency was stationed in the Chilas town.[8]

Prior to 2019, the Darel District and the Tangir District were part of the Diamer District but were subsequently elevated to district status.[9]

Education[]

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, the Diamer District was ranked 95th out of 148 districts in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district was ranked 127th out of 148.[10] Educational institutions in the district are now required to ensure access, equity, and quality of education. In 1992, Dr. Allah Bakhsh Malik, the former Deputy Commissioner of the Diamer District, with the assistance of his wife, Mrs. Shahnaz Akhtar Malik, opened the first-ever Chilas Public School, in the Deputy Commissioner House.

Now education institutions in district Daimer

KIU sub campus chilas Daimer

Cadet college chilas

FG degree college for boys

FG degree college for women

Govt Model high school chilas

Chilas institute of technology

Corony public high school chilas

APS darel

Transportation[]

Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the only road from the south to the town of Gilgit was a rough track north from Balakot to the Babusar Pass (via Kaghan, Naran, Besal, and Gittidas) and further north from Babusar Gah to Chilas. The road up to Besal is better than it was previously, and the road from Besal to the Babusar Pass is good, having been recently metaled.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Guide to Standard Floras of the World: An Annotated, Geographically Arranged Systematic Bibliography of the Principal Floras, Enumerations, Checklists and Chorological Atlases of Different Areas 2, revised: David G. Frodin Published by Cambridge University Press, 2001, Page R79
  2. ^ Islam, Women, and Violence in Kashmir: Between India and Pakistan: Nyla Ali Khan Published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010, Page 9
  3. ^ Snedden, Christopher (2015), Understanding Kashmir and Kashmiris, Oxford University Press, pp. 117–118, ISBN 978-1-84904-342-7
  4. ^ Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak, Calcutta: Superintendent of Government Printing, 1890, p. 11 – via archive.org
  5. ^ Stein, M. A. (1989) [first published 1900], Kalhana's Rajatarangini: A chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, Volume 2., Motilal Banarsidass Publ., p. 363, ISBN 978-81-208-0370-1
  6. ^ Chohan, Amar Singh (1997), Gilgit Agency 1877-1935 (Second Reprint ed.), Atlantic Publishers & Dist, p. 203, ISBN 978-81-7156-146-9 – via archive.org
  7. ^ Bangash, Yaqoob Khan (2010), "Three Forgotten Accessions: Gilgit, Hunza and Nagar", The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 38 (1): 122, doi:10.1080/03086530903538269, S2CID 159652497
  8. ^ Brown, William (2014), Gilgit Rebelion: The Major Who Mutinied Over Partition of India, Pen and Sword, p. 53, ISBN 9781473821873
  9. ^ "GB cabinet decides to upgrade Dareal, Tangir,Gupis Yasin and Roundu as districts". Radio Pakistan. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-05-07.

Coordinates: 35°26′5.78″N 73°56′31.59″E / 35.4349389°N 73.9421083°E / 35.4349389; 73.9421083


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