Darel District

The Darel District (Urdu: ضلع داریل) is a district in Gilgit-Baltistan territory of Pakistan.[1] It is located towards south-west of Gilgit District.[2]. Population consist 105000.

Darel District
ضلع داریل
District
Country Pakistan
Administered territory Gilgit-Baltistan
DivisionDiamer Division
HeadquartersDarel [lower-alpha 1]
Languages
 • Official languageUrdu
Number of tehsils1

Prior to 2019, the Darel District was a tehsil of the Diamer District. The Darel District is bounded on the north by the Gupis-Yasin District, on the north-east by the Ghizer District, on the east by the Tangir District, and on the south and west by the Upper Kohistan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,

Notes
  1. On the map, the Tangir Tehsil is incorrectly shown as part of the Darel District.

References
  1. "GB notifies four more districts, total number of districts now 14". pakistantoday.com.
  2. "Administrative Reforms: Gilgit-Baltistan govt issues notification of four new districts". pamirtimes.net.
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