Skardu is a city located in Gilgit-Baltistan, a part of Pakistan-administered Kashmir.
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18 Facts About Skardu
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Skardu serves as the capital of Skardu District and the Baltistan Division.
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Skardu is situated at an elevation of nearly 2,500 metres in the Skardu Valley, at the confluence of the Indus and Shigar Rivers.
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Skardu region was part of the cultural sphere of Buddhist Tibet since the founding of the Tibetan Empire under Songsten Gampo in the mid 7th-century CE.
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The local Maqpon rulers pledged allegiance, and from that point onwards beginning with Ali Sher Khan Anchan, the kings of Skardu were mentioned as rulers of Little Tibet in the historiography of the Mughal Empire.
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Skardu seized Skardu Fort on behalf of the Dogra Kingdom based in Jammu.
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Skardu's forces were able to convince a guard to betray the garrison by leaving a gate unlocked, thereby allowing Dogra forces to recapture the fort and massacre its Balti defenders.
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Under the administration of Mehta Mangal between 1875 and 1885, Skardu's Ranbirgarh was built as his headquarters and residence.
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Skardu was an important target because Aslam Khan felt that Gilgit could be threatened from there.
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Upstream from Skardu are some of the largest glaciers in the world, including the Baltoro Glacier, Biafo Glacier, and Chogo Lungma Glacier.
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Downstream from Skardu is located the Nanga Parbat mountain at 8,126 metres.
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Skardu is located along the Kohistan-Ladakh terrane, formed as a magmatic arch over a Tethyan subduction zone that was later accreted onto the Eurasian Plate.
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The region has low seismic activity compared to surrounding regions, suggesting that Skardu is located in a passive structural element of the Himalayan thrust.
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The stone in the Skardu region is Katzara schist, with a radiometric age of 37 to 105 million years.
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Skardu, along with Gilgit, is a major tourism, trekking and expedition hub in Gilgit–Baltistan.
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Roads in and out of Skardu can be blocked for extended periods of time, sometimes leaving air travel as the only feasible alternative.
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