Shigar District

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Shigar District
District
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Country Pakistan
Province Gilgit-Baltistan
Headquarters Shigar
Area
 • Total 8,500 km2 (3,300 sq mi)
Population
 • Estimate (1998) 109,000
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Shigar District, a political sub-division of Pakistan, is part of Baltistan and currently constitutes one of the nine districts of the Gilgit–Baltistan territory of Pakistan. It is bounded on the southeast by Kargil district in the Indian-Administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the east by Ghanche District, on the northeast by Xinjiang (China), on the south by Baramulla and Kargil District, on the west by district Astore and on the north by Gilgit District.

Shigar town is the capital of Shigar District.

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