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Baltistan (Urdu:, Balti: ), also known as Baltiyul or Little Tibet (Balti: ), is a mountainous region in Pakistan situated in the Karakoram mountains just to the south of K2, the world's second highest mountain. It is an extremely mountainous region, with an average altitude of over . Baltistan borders Gilgit Division in the west, Xinjiang Autonomous Region (China) in the north, Ladakh in the east, and the Kashmir Valley in the south.〔pg.88 Rediscovery of Ladakh: H. N. Kaul ISBN 81-7387-086-1〕〔Flames in Kashmir - Bhim Singh - 1st Ed University of Michigan, 2nd Ed Har-Anand Publications, 1998〕〔p.302 Kashmir: shadow of terrorism - Mamta Rajawat ISBN 81-261-1439-8〕〔p.74 The Pamirs Being a Narrative of a Year's Expedition on Horseback and on Foot-back through Kashmir, Western Tibet, Chinese Tartary and Russian Central Asia Volume I ISBN 1-4021-8434-4/1-4021-2473-2〕 Since 1947, the region has been divided by the Line of Control, with four of its five districts – Skardu, Gangche, Shigar and Kharmang – belonging to Pakistan and the Kargil district being part of India's Jammu and Kashmir. A small portion of Baltistan, including the village of Turtuk in the Nubra Valley, lies in the Ladakh district of Kashmir, India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=In pictures: Life in Baltistan )〕 The region is inhabited principally by the Balti people of Tibetan descent or Pakistani Tibetans. Thousand centuries old Tibetan culture, customs, norms, language and script is still practising even today as a Muslim society. The vast majority of the population adheres to Islam. The Skardu district has majority Shia community of around 60%, 30% noorbakhshia and 10% other sects, while the Gangche district has a majority of Noorbakhsh community of around 90%. The region has great strategical importance for both Pakistan and India as the Kargil War and Siachen War were fought here. == Geography == Baltistan is described in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica thus: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Baltistan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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