What is the Diamir District?
Q: What is the Diamir District?
A: The Diamir District is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani-controlled territory known as the Northern Areas.
Q: Where does the Karakoram Highway enter the Diamir District from?
A: The Karakoram Highway enters the Diamir District from Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Q: What is the capital of the Diamir District?
A: The capital of the Diamir District is Chilas.
Q: When was the Diamir District reduced in size?
A: The Diamir District was reduced in size in 2004 as a result of the creation of the new Astore District from Diamir's easternmost tehsil.
Q: What districts are bounded by the Diamir District?
A: The Diamir District is bounded by the Astore District in the east, Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the southwest, Neelum District of Azad Kashmir in the south, the Ghizar District in the north and northwest, and the Gilgit District in the north and northeast.
Q: What was the only road reaching Gilgit town from the south before the Karakoram Highway was opened?
A: Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the only road reaching Gilgit town from the south was a rough track north from Balakot to Babusar Pass and farther north through Babusar Gah to Chilas.
Q: What is the condition of the road from Besal to Babusar Pass?
A: From Besal to Babusar Pass, the road is still a rough track, but the road up to Besal is now in better condition.
