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Northern Areas
Federally Administered NorthernAreas (FANA)
Capital
•CoordinatesGilgit•35°21
′
 
N
 75°54
′
E 35.35, 75.9
Population
 (2008)•Density1,800,000 (Estimate)• 20.7/km²
Area
72496 km²
Time zone
PST(UTC+5)
Main language(s)
Urdu(national)English(official)PukhtoBurushaskiBalti TibetanWakhiKhajunaKhowar 
Status
non-self-governingterritory under Pakistani control•Districts• 6•Towns• 7•Union Councils•
Established
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Website
DevelopmentGateway
The
Northern Areas
(Urdu:
یلاشقع
ہ 
تاج
,
Shumālī Ilāqe Jāt 
) is officially referredto by the government of Pakistanas the
Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA)
. The
Northern Areas
is the northernmost political entity within the Pakistani-controlled part of the
 
former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It bordersAfghanistanto the north,Chinato the northeast, the Pakistani-controlled state of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) to the south, and theIndian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir to the southeast. The
Northern Areas
, which became a single administrative unit in 1970, was formed from the amalgamation of theGilgitAgency,theBaltistan Districtof the Ladakh Wazarat, and the states of HunzaandNagar . With its administrative center at the town of Gilgit, the
Northern Areas
covers an area of 72,971 km²(28,174 mi²) and has an estimated population approaching 1,000,000. According to Pakistan'sconstitution, the Northern Areas is not part of Pakistan, and its inhabitants have never had anyrepresentation in Pakistan's parliament. As far as the United Nations is concerned, the entire areaof the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, including the
Northern Areas
, remains adisputed territory still awaiting resolution of the long-standing dispute between India andPakistan. The government of Pakistan, continues to this day to regard the entire area of theformer state as "territory in dispute" to be resolved by a plebiscite to be held at some future date,in order to determine the accession of the entire area to either India or Pakistan. While continuingto call for that plebiscite, however, the government of Pakistan has, so far, been unwilling toentertain the idea of a third option for the plebiscite, i.e., a choice of independence for the entireformer state. Today, the
Northern Areas
is still referred to by India as part of "Pakistan-occupiedKashmir" (POK) and, conversely, the present Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir isreferred to by Pakistan as "Indian-occupied Kashmir."
Contents
1 History
2 Subdivisions
3 Geography
4 Climate
5 Sports
5.1 Rock art and petroglyphs
6 Transport
7 Demographics
8 National honours
9 References
10 Further reading
11 See also
12 External links
History
Before the partition of India in 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh extended his rule to Gilgit andBaltistan. After the partition, Jammu and Kashmir, in its entirety, remained an independent state,as a result of the maharaja's decision to refrain from joining either India or Pakistan. The
 
Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir to the north and west of the cease-fire line, or theLine of Controlas it later came to be called, were divided into the Northern Areas (72,971 km²) in thenorth and the Pakistani-controlled state of Azad Kashmir (13,297 km²) in the south. The name"Northern Areas" was first used by theUnited Nations, to refer to the northern areas of Kashmir.The United Nations never intended the name to refer to the northern areas of Pakistan. As far asthe United Nations is concerned, the entire area of the former princely state of Jammu andKashmir, including the Northern Areas, remains a disputed territory, still awaiting resolution of the long-standing dispute between India and Pakistan. A small part of the Northern Areas, theShaksgam tract, was provisionally ceded by Pakistan to the People's Republic of China in 1963.Presently in the Northern Areas, there are at least two political movements—the Balawaristan National Front (BNF) and the Gilgit Baltistan United Movement (GBUM)—that are calling for the establishment of a fully autonomous state.
Subdivisions
Map of the
Federally Administered Northern Areas (FANA)
, showing the boundaries of thesix previous districts and their tehsils. The boundary between the recently created Hunza-Nagar District and the now smaller Gilgit District is the same line as the northern boundary of theformer Gilgit Tehsil, which is the southernmost division of the area shown above in light blue.Sikanderabad, the administrative center of the new Hunza-Nagar District, is not yet shown onthis map.The Northern Areas is administratively divided into two divisions which, in turn, are divided intoseven districts
[1]
--the twoBaltistandistricts of SkarduandGhanche, and the fiveGilgitdistricts of Gilgit,Ghizer ,Diamer ,Astore, andHunza -Nagar . The main political centres are the towns of  GilgitandSkardu.
DivisionDistrictArea(km²)Population (1998)HeadquartersBaltistan
Ghanche9,40088,366Khaplu Skardu18,000214,848Skardu
Gilgit
Astore8,65771,666Gorikot Diamir 10,936131,925Chilas Ghizar 9,635120,218Gahkuch Gilgit21,300(previous area)243,324(previous pop.)Gilgit Hunza - Nagar 18,000140,000Aliabad
FANAtotal7districts72,971970,347Gilgit
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