Skardu

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Human settlement Town

Skardu is a major town in northern Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan region, known as a gateway to the Karakoram mountains and popular for its high-altitude trekking and scenic landscapes.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Skardu District 4
Skardu Valley 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Human settlement ⓘ
Town ⓘ
airportIATAcode KDU ⓘ
airportICAOcode OPSD ⓘ
climate Cold semi-arid climate ⓘ
Continental climate ⓘ
coordinateLocation 35.297°N 75.633°E ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
dominantIslamicSect Shia Islam ⓘ
dominantReligion Islam ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 2,200 metres ⓘ
about 7,200 feet ⓘ
hasTransportFacility Skardu International Airport ⓘ
isCapitalOf Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Skardu District
isDeFactoCapitalOf Baltistan region NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Gateway to Karakoram mountains ⓘ
High-altitude trekking ⓘ
Lakes and high-altitude deserts ⓘ
Mountaineering tourism ⓘ
Scenic landscapes ⓘ
localLanguagesSpoken Balti ⓘ
Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Skardu District
locatedInMountainRange Karakoram ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan ⓘ
surface form: Northern Pakistan
locatedInValley Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Skardu Valley
locatedOnRiver Indus River NERFINISHED ⓘ
Satpara Stream ⓘ
Shigar River ⓘ
near Baltoro Glacier ⓘ
Deosai National Park ⓘ
Gasherbrum massif ⓘ
K2 ⓘ
Khaplu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shigar Valley ⓘ
surface form: Shigar
partOf Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
surface form: Baltistan
primaryEconomicActivity Agriculture ⓘ
Tourism ⓘ
Trade ⓘ
roadConnection Karakoram Highway (via junctions) ⓘ
Skardu Road ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
touristAttraction Katpana Desert ⓘ
Lower Kachura Lake (Shangrila Lake) ⓘ
Katpana Desert ⓘ
surface form: Sarfaranga Desert

Satpara Lake ⓘ
Skardu Fort ⓘ
Upper Kachura Lake ⓘ
UTCOffset +05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Trango Towers → accessPoint → Skardu ⓘ
Baltoro Glacier → accessTown → Skardu ⓘ
Panmah Glacier → accessTown → Skardu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skardu Valley
this entity surface form: Skardu District
Skardu → isCapitalOf → Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skardu District
Satpara Lake → locatedIn → Skardu ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skardu District
Skardu → locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity → Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skardu District
Skardu → locatedInValley → Skardu self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Skardu Valley
Satpara Lake → near → Skardu ⓘ