chilas-diamer valley

Diamer-chilas:

Chilas (Urdu: چلاس‎) is a historical city of District Diamer Diamer located in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan on the river Indus. Diamer District is bounded by Astore District in the east, by the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in the southwest Neelum District of Azad Kashmir in the south, the Ghizer District in the north and northwest, and the Gilgit District in the north and northeast. Before the Karakoram Highway was opened in 1978, the only road reaching Gilgit town from the south was a rough track north from Balakot to Babusar Pass and further north through Babusar Gah to Chilas.

Districts

The district of Diamer has a population of more than 150,000 people and includes the subdivisions of Tangir/Darel, and Chilas.

Literacy Rate

The literacy rate in Diamer district is 10 per cent and of females never above 0.02 per cent.

Distance from Chilas to Gilgit

Chilas is approximately 130 km from Gilgit and is the headquarters of the Diamer District.

Babursar Pass:

Babusar Pass or Babusar Top is a mountain pass at the north of the 150 km long Kaghan Valley, connecting it via the Thak Nala with Chilas on the Karakoram Highway. It is the highest point in the Babusar Valley that can be easily accessed by cars. The Babusar Pass connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with Gilgit Baltistan

Elevation: 4,173 m

Road: N-15 National Highway