Tolti
Tolti
طولتی | |
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Tolti Location in Pakistan Tolti Tolti (Pakistan) | |
Coordinates: 35°01′43″N 76°05′33″E / 35.02861°N 76.09250°ECoordinates: 35°01′43″N 76°05′33″E / 35.02861°N 76.09250°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Autonomous territory | Gilgit Baltistan |
Baltistan division | Kharmang |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (GMT+6) |
Tolti (Urdu: and Balti: طولتی) is a city that serves as the administrative capital of Kharmang District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It means "Little Tibet".[1] The village lies on the left bank of the Indus, and is approximately 35 km south-east of the confluence of the Indus from the Shayok. It is today by a well-paved road that runs along the left bank of the Indus slightly from Skardu to reach out.
History[]
Tolti before 1840 belonged to the dominion of Kartaksho, one of the six small kingdoms Baltistan, but was ruled as a function of Kartaksho over longer time periods of one raja own family. Shortly after Tolti starts today a southern exclusion zone, so that from here onward travel after the Kharmang a few kilometers away.
References[]
- ^ "Kharmang now GB district". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24.
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- Populated places in Kharmang District
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