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] Its population lives mainly in the valley of the Darel River, a right tributary of the Indus River.[3]
Darel District
ضلع داریل | |
|---|---|
District of Gilgit-Baltistan | |
District map of Gilgit-Baltistan[lower-alpha 2] | |
| Country | |
| Territory | |
| Division | Diamer Division |
| Headquarters | Darel |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Languages | |
| • Official language | Urdu |
| Number of tehsils | 1 |
Prior to 2019, the Darel District was a tehsil of the Diamer District, along with Tangir and Chilas.
The Darel District is bounded on the north by the Ghizer District, on the north-east by the Gilgit District, on the east and southeast by the Diamer District, and on the south and west by the Upper Kohistan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province,