Tangir District
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Tangir District
ضلع تانگیر | |
|---|---|
 District map of Gilgit-Baltistan[b] | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| Division | Diamer Division |
| Headquarters | Tangir |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,106 km2 (427 sq mi) |
| Population (2023, per UNOSAT[1]) | |
• Total | 31,257 |
| • Density | 28.26/km2 (73.20/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official language | Urdu |
| Number of tehsils | 1 |
Tangir District (Urdu: ضلع تانگیر) is a district in the Pakistani-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan in the disputed Kashmir region. It lies 67 km from Chilas.[2][3] Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Tangir River, a right tributary of the Indus River.[4]
Prior to 2019, the Tangir District was a tehsil of the Diamer District, along with Darel and Chilas.