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___MASK17___ , also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet , is a mountainous region on the border ___MASK28___ ___MASK8___ and ___MASK42___ in the Karakoram mountains just south ___MASK28___ K2 ( the world ' s second - highest mountain ). Its average altitude is over . ___MASK24___ is the northernmost geographical region ___MASK28___ the ___MASK50___ subcontinent . Until the mid - 19th century , the term " ___MASK24___ " denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range . Today , it denotes a larger area that includes the ___MASK50___ - administered territory ___MASK28___ ___MASK29___ ( subdivided into Jammu , ___MASK24___ , and Ladakh divisions ), the Pakistani - administered territories ___MASK28___ Azad ___MASK24___ and Gilgit - Baltistan , and Chinese - administered territories ___MASK28___ Aksai Chin and the Trans - Karakoram Tract . The Trans - Karakoram Tract (" Shaksgam "), also known as Shaksgam or the Shaksgam Tract , is an area ___MASK28___ more than along both sides ___MASK28___ the Shaksgam River and extending from the Karakoram to the Kunlun range . The tract is entirely administered by the People ' s Republic ___MASK28___ ___MASK55___ as a part ___MASK28___ Kargilik County and Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County in the Kashgar Prefecture ___MASK28___ Xinjiang Autonomous Region , but claimed by Pakistan until 1963 . It is claimed by India as part ___MASK28___ the state ___MASK28___ ___MASK29___ . Most ___MASK28___ the tract is composed ___MASK28___ the Shaksgam Valley and was formerly administered as a part ___MASK28___ Shigar , a valley in the Baltistan region . The Raja ___MASK28___ Shigar controlled most ___MASK28___ this land until 1971 , when Pakistan abolished the Raja government system . A polo ground in Shaksgam was built by the Amacha Royal family ___MASK28___ Shigar , and the Rajas ___MASK28___ Shigar used to invite the Amirs ___MASK28___ Yarkand to play polo there . Most ___MASK28___ the names ___MASK28___ the mountains , lakes , rivers and passes are in Balti / Ladakhi , suggesting that this land had been part ___MASK28___ Baltistan / Ladakh region for a long time . ___MASK29___ is a state in northern India , often denoted by the acronym J & K . It is located mostly in the Himalayan mountains , and shares borders with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south . ___MASK29___ has an international border with China in the north and east , and the Line of Control separates it from the Pakistani - administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit - Baltistan in the west and northwest respectively . The state has special autonomy under Article 370 of the Constitution of India . Greater himalayas ( Hindi :         or        ) is the highest range ___MASK28___ Himalaya . This range is separated from Lesser Himalaya by Main Central Thrust and lies north ___MASK28___ it . Worlds highest peak Mount Everest and some other tallest peaks are in this range . ___MASK36___ ( Urdu , Shina : ) is the Capital city of ___MASK36___ - Baltistan , an administrative territory of Pakistan . The city of ___MASK36___ constitutes a tehsil within ___MASK78___ . The city ' s ancient name was " Sargin ", later to be known as " Gilit ", and it is still referred to as " Gilit " or " Sargin - Gilit " by local people . In the Burushaski language , it is named " Geelt " and in Wakhi and Khowar it is called " Gilt ". " Ghallata " is considered its name in ancient Sanskrit literature . Kupwara ___MASK71___ ( Urdu ) is located in ___MASK29___ , India . It shares a long border with Pakistan administered Kashmir in its north and western side and is totally enclosed by Baramulla district on the other side . The district is endowed with rich dense forests . The river ' kishenganga ' originating from the Himalayas flows through the outer areas of the district from east to west . Kupwara district has 3 tehsils : Handwara , Karnah and Kupwara . ___MASK36___ - Baltistan , formerly known as the Northern Areas , is the northernmost administrative territory of Pakistan . It borders ___MASK63___ to the south , the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the west , the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan to the north , the Xinjiang region of ___MASK55___ , to the east and northeast , and the Indian state of ___MASK29___ to the southeast . ___MASK36___ - Baltistan is part of the region that is disputed by India and Pakistan , along with ___MASK63___ , Aksai Chin , the Shakshagam Valley , and Jammu , Ladakh , and the Valley of Kashmir . Liderwan is a small village in the Kupwara ___MASK71___ in ___MASK24___ . Aksai Chin (" Aks '  cin "; Urdu :   ) is one ___MASK28___ the two main disputed border areas between ___MASK55___ and India , the other being a part ___MASK28___ Arunachal Pradesh . It is administered by ___MASK55___ as part ___MASK28___ Hotan County , which lies in the southwestern part ___MASK28___ Hotan Prefecture ___MASK28___ Xinjiang Autonomous Region , but is also claimed by India as a part ___MASK28___ the Ladakh region ___MASK28___ the state ___MASK28___ ___MASK29___ . In 1962 , ___MASK55___ and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh , but in 1993 and 1996 , the two countries signed agreements to respect the Line ___MASK28___ Actual Control . ___MASK42___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK42___ (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the ___MASK6___ , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; ___MASK55___ , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , ___MASK42___ is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . ___MASK42___ ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . The ___MASK50___ subcontinent or the subcontinent , also called ___MASK50___ continent , is a southern region of Asia , mostly situated on the ___MASK50___ Plate and projecting southwards into the ___MASK50___ Ocean from the Himalayas . Geologically , the ___MASK50___ subcontinent is related to the land mass that rifted from Gondwana and merged with the Eurasian plate nearly 55 million years ago . Geographically , it is the peninsular region in south - central Asia delineated by the Himalayas in the north , the Hindu Kush in the west , and the Arakanese in the east . Politically , the ___MASK50___ subcontinent usually includes Bangladesh , Bhutan , ___MASK42___ , Maldives , Nepal , Pakistan and Sri Lanka . Azad ___MASK29___ (" zd Jamm  o Kamr "), abbreviated as AJK and commonly known as Azad Kashmir , is a self - governing administrative division of Pakistan . The territory lies west of the Indian - administered state of ___MASK29___ , and was previously part of the former princely state of ___MASK29___ , which ceased to exist as a result of the first Kashmir war fought between India and Pakistan in 1947 . Kupwara is a town and a municipal committee in Kupwara ___MASK71___ in the ___MASK50___ administered state of ___MASK29___ . Among the many tourist places in Kupwara , Lolab Valley and bungas valley have special significance . Kupwara as a whole is a really beautiful place to visit for its meadows , mountains , gushing waters , and fresh air . The Karakoram , or Karakorum is a large ___MASK57___ range spanning the borders ___MASK28___ ___MASK8___ , ___MASK42___ , and ___MASK55___ , with the northwest extremity ___MASK28___ the range extending to Afghanistan and Tajikistan . It is located in the regions ___MASK28___ Gilgit  Baltistan ( ___MASK8___ ), Ladakh ( ___MASK42___ ), and southern Xinjiang ( ___MASK55___ ), and reaches the Wakhan Corridor ( Afghanistan ). A part ___MASK28___ the complex ___MASK28___ ranges from the Hindu Kush to the Himalayan Range , it is one ___MASK28___ the Greater Ranges ___MASK28___ Asia . The Karakoram is home to the four most closely located peaks over 8000m in height on earth : K2 , the second highest peak in the world at , Gasherbrum I , Broad Peak and Gasherbrum II . ___MASK8___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK8___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - ___MASK44___ populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . ___MASK8___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK42___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the ___MASK6___ and ___MASK55___ in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . ___MASK32___ (" land ___MASK28___ high passes ") ( Ladakhi :      " la ' dwags "; ) is a region in ___MASK50___ state ___MASK28___ ___MASK29___ that currently extends from the Kunlun mountain range to the main Great Himalayas to the south , inhabited by people ___MASK28___ Indo - Aryan and Tibetan descent . It is one ___MASK28___ the most sparsely populated regions in ___MASK29___ and its culture and history are closely related to that ___MASK28___ Tibet .