Northern Pakistan
شمالی پاکستان | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Adm. Units |  Azad Jammu and Kashmir Gilgit-Baltistan Islamabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab (Rawalpindi Division) |
| Largest city | Rawalpindi |
| Area | |
• Total | 210,954 km2 (81,450 sq mi) |
| [a] | |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (PKT) |
Northern Pakistan (Urdu: شمالی پاکستان ALA-LC: śimālī Pākistān) is a tourism region in northern and north-western parts of Pakistan, comprising the administrative units of Gilgit-Baltistan (formerly known as Northern Areas), Azad Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Capital Territory and the Rawalpindi Division in Punjab.[1][2] The first two territories are a part of the wider Kashmir region.[b] It is a mountainous region straddling the Himalayas, Karakoram and the Hindu Kush mountain ranges, containing many of the highest peaks in the world and some of the longest glaciers outside polar regions.[3] Northern Pakistan accounts for a high level of Pakistan's tourism industry.[4]
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- ^ Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (5 May 2015). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. p. 455. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7.
The northern Pakistan covers Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, the upper region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, including Chitral, and some parts of the central and northern regions of Pakistan.
- ^ "Islamabad history". Pakistan.net. Archived from the original on 30 June 2008.
Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan, and is located in the Potohar Plateau in the north of the country...
- ^ Öztürk, Münir; Hakeem, Khalid Rehman; Faridah-Hanum, I.; Efe, Recep (5 May 2015). Climate Change Impacts on High-Altitude Ecosystems. Springer. pp. 455–456. ISBN 978-3-319-12859-7.
- ^ "Explore Pakistan's wildest, most beautiful landscapes". National Geographic Society. 16 August 2022. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021.