Hunza District | |
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District | |
Map of Gilgit–Baltistan, showing the six districts and tehsil boundaries. |
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Country | Pakistan |
Dependent territory | Gilgit–Baltistan |
Established | July 1, 1970 |
Area | |
• Total | 38,000 km2 (15,000 sq mi) |
Population (1998) | |
• Total | 243,324 |
• Density | 6.4/km2 (17/sq mi) |
Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Hunza District (Urdu: ضلع ہنزہ) is one of the districts of the Gilgit-Baltistan territory in northern Pakistan. It was founded in 2015 in a bid of establishing more administrative units in the region. Karimabad is the administrative centre of the district.
District administration is supervised by a Deputy commissioner (DC), with an assistant commissioner as a sub-ordinate.
Hunza police is commanded by a Superintendent of Police (SP).