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    Skardu (Urdu: سکردو, romanized: skardū, Tibetan script: སྐར་མདོ, pronounced [skərduː]) is a city located in Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the...
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    Skardu International Airport (IATA: KDU, ICAO: OPSD) is an international airport in Skardu, in the Pakistani territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. It also serves...
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    The Skardu District (Urdu: ضلع سکردو) is a district of Pakistan-administered Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. The district headquarters...
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    Gilgit and Skardu. * Combined population of Skardu, Shigar, Kharmang and Roundu districts. Shigar and Kharmang Districts were carved out of Skardu District...
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    The Skardu Valley (Urdu: وادی سکردو) is located in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The valley is about 10 km wide and 40 km long. It is at the confluence...
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    The Skardu–Kargil Road (Urdu: سکردو – کارگل سڑک) is a 126-kilometre (78 mi) provincial highway in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit–Baltistan...
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    The siege of Skardu was a prolonged military blockade carried out by the Gilgit Scouts, Chitral Scouts and Chitral State Bodyguards, acting in coordination...
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    (district) of the state. The region retained its identity in this setup as the Skardu tehsil, with Kargil and Leh being the other two tehsils of the district...
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  • same territory: Skardu District, one of the 14 districts of Gilgit–Baltistan Skardu Fort, a 16th-century fortress in Skardu city Skardu International Airport...
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    Skardu Fort or Kharpocho (Balti: کھر فچو; Urdu: قلعہ سکردو), meaning The king of Forts, is a fort in Skardu in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan...
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    toward Skardu.: 103–127  The Pakistani attacked the Skardu on 10 February 1948 which was repulsed by the Indian soldiers. Thereafter, the Skardu Garrison...
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  • Strategic Highway 1 (S-1), also known as the Gilgit–Skardu Road (Balti: སྐར་མདོ་གིལགིཏ་རྒྱ་ལམ) or Skardu Road, is a 167-kilometre-long (104 mi) highway in...
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    fitting description for a place that is equidistant from Srinagar, Leh and Skardu. Kargil is located at the confluence of multiple river valleys: the Suru...
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    Pakistan Air Force's Northern Air Command which located near the city of Skardu in the Baltistan region of Pakistan. The airbase is named in honor of the...
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    spelt Manthoka Waterfall, is a waterfall located in the Kharmang Valley, Skardu, in Gilgit-Baltistan, in the extreme northern region of Pakistan. The waterfall...
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    Gilgit-Baltistan comprises 14 districts within three divisions. The four districts of Skardu Kharmang Shigar and Ghanche are in the Baltistan Division, four districts...
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    more than fifty peaks above 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). Gilgit, Astore and Skardu are the three main hubs for expeditions to those mountains. The region is...
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    Lake, also known as Shangrila Lake, is a lake located near the city of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Situated at the height of 2,500 metres (8...
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    Kashmir State Forces and later the Indian Army. Revered as the Hero of Skardu, he was a recipient of the Indian Army's second highest gallantry award...
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  • Cadet College Skardu is a military high school located at Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It is being administered by the Ministry of Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan...
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    1948 and were used during 1947 War for night-time supply drop missions at Skardu and other northern areas of Pakistan. All received against allotted at the...
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    Biang-a or Cold Desert, is a high-altitude desert located in Skardu Valley in District Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The desert contains large sand...
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    around 1460 AD. Some time after this, a Muslim chieftaincy connected to Skardu appeared in Purig, first at Sod northeast of Kargil, then with a branch...
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    The Kachora Tso Lakes (Urdu: کچورہ جھیل) are three lakes in the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan. The lakes, at 2,500 metres (8,200 ft)...
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  • ཡུ་ནི་ཝྲ་སིཊི་ ཨཕ་ སྦལ་ཏིས་ཏན །༑།) is an international level university in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. It was established in 2017 with a charter by...
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    Shangrila Lake and adjoining resort in Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan...
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    Deosai National Park (category Skardu District)
    ملی) is a high-altitude alpine plain and national park located between the Skardu District and Astore District in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Lying to the...
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  • aviation base. India also said that it had extensively damaged air bases at Skardu, Sargodha, Jacobabad, and Bholari in Pakistan. A ceasefire began at 17:00...
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    2009 Mato Bouzas, Antia (2012). "Mixed Legacies in Contested Borderlands: Skardu and the Kashmir Dispute". Geopolitics. 17 (4): 874. doi:10.1080/14650045...
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  • Terminal New Gwadar International Airport A former PIA Boeing 737-300 at Skardu International Airport Names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled...
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