page_title: Astore District
section_title: The valley
hierarchical_section_title: Astore District / The valley
caption_attribution_description: English: Another Way for Astore valley GilgitBaltistan
context_page_description: Astore is one of the ten districts of Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. The district contains the Astore Valley and is bounded to the west by Diamer District, to the north by Gilgit District, to the east by Skardu District and to the south by Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Neelum District of Kashmir. According to the 1998 census of Pakistan the population was 71,666.
context_section_description: The Astore valley has an area of 5,092 km² and an altitude of 2,600 metres (8,500 ft). The valley has an approximately 250 square kilometres (97 sq mi) of glacier cover. The nearest glacier after entering the valley is Harcho  and the most easily accessible glacier is Siachen.
caption: A way leading to Astore
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