Gilgit
Pakistan
Photos from 1996
Gilgit Hotel
man from Gilgit
dispensing gasoline
making a phone call
water from the well
Gilgit, town in the Pakistani-held sector of Jammu and Kashmir state in the northwestern Indian subcontinent. Sited on the Gilgit River, the town was once a Buddhist centre, and now, as in earlier days, it serves as a frontier station for local tribal areas. Its economy is mainly agricultural, with wheat, corn (maize), and barley as the main crops. The surrounding region lies in the northern Himalayas and is bordered on the south by the Indus River. It is drained by the Gilgit and Hunza rivers. The main route from Gilgit through the Himalayas to Mānsehra is the Karakoram Highway (completed in 1978). Gilgit is the only town of any size in the region.
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Encyclopedia Britannica
a woman
a man
men of Gilet
man crossing a bridge
how many men can get on a pickup truck?
decorated and loaded for travel
an ancient tomb
"Churchill" fort
(explored by a young Winston Churchill when he was recuperating
from a gunshot wound received while on sentry duty)
door from an old residence being offered for sale in a bazaar
decoration for a festival
costume worn on the head
a man from Gilgit
