Gilgit Baltistan
Gilgit-Baltistan  formerly known as the Northern Areas of pakistan.Its borders Azad Kashmir to the
south,the proveince of KPK(khayber pakhtoonnkhwa)to the west,the wakhan corridor of Afghanistan to
to the north,the Xinjiang autonomous region of China to the east and northeast and jammu and kashmir to the southeast.Togther with Azad kashmir it forms part of the disputed kashmir region,which has been the subject of conflict between india and pakistan since 1947.
Gilgit Baltistan is an autonomous self-governing region that was established as a single administrative unit in 1970,formed by the amalgamation of the Gilgit Agency,the Baltistan region and the former princely states of Hunza and Nagar.It covers an area of 72,971km2 and is highly mountainous.It has an setimated population approaching 1000000.
History of Gilgit
 

continental highlands.

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