Shigar District

Shigar District ضلع شِگر
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
Map of Gilgit-Baltistan with the Shigar District highlighted in red
Country	Pakistan
Territory	Gilgit-Baltistan
Division	Baltistan Division
Headquarters	Shigar
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	N/A
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate  (1998)	109,000
Number of tehsils	1

Shigar District (Urdu: ضلع شِگر) is one of the 14 districts of Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. 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 District and the Skardu District, and on the west by the Gilgit District. The Shigar District was established in 2015, prior to which time it had been part of the Skardu District.^[1]

The headquarters of the Shigar District is the town of Shigar, which is 30 kilometres (19 mi) from the city of Skardu. The district is home to the world's second-highest peak, K2.

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