Gupis-Yasin District

The Gupis-Yasin District (Urdu: ضلع گوپیس یاسین‎) is the westernmost district of the 14 districts of Pakistan-administered territory of Gilgit-Baltistan. The Gupis-Yasin District was created in 2019[1] from the Gupis Tehsil and the Yasin Tehsil, which were the two western tehsils of the former, larger Ghizer District.

Gupis-Yasin District

ضلع گوپیس یاسین
District of Gilgit-Baltistan
Map of Gilgit–Baltistan showing its 14 districts[lower-alpha 2]
Sovereign state Pakistan
Administered territory Gilgit-Baltistan
DivisionGilgit Division
HeadquartersPhander
Number of tehsils3

Geography
Map of the former Ghizer District showing its four tehsils, the western two of which now comprise the Gupis-Yasin District

The Gupis-Yasin District is bounded on the north and west by the Upper Chitral District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, on the east by the Ghizer District, on the south by the Swat District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province and the Upper Kohistan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The map of the former Ghizer District shows the Yasin Tehsil and the former, larger Gupis Tehsil, which was subsequently divided into two tehsils: the present, smaller Gupis Tehsil and the Phander Tehsil. The present Ghizer Distrct consists of the Ishkoman Tehsil and the Punial Tehsil.


Administration

The Gupis-Yasin District consists of three tehsils:

The district headquarters is the town of Phander.

Notes
  1. On the map of Gilgit-Baltistan, the Ishkoman Tehsil is wrongly shown as part of the Gupis-Yasin District.
  2. On the map of Gilgit-Baltistan, the Ishkoman Tehsil is wrongly shown as part of the Gupis-Yasin District.

References
  1. "GB cabinet decides to upgrade Dareal, Tangir, Gupis Yasin and Roundu as districts". Radio Pakistan. 20 April 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.

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