Sher Qilla

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Sherqilla Valley Shina: شیر قلعہ Sher Qilla
Town
Nickname:  The Fort of Lions
Country	Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Administrative units Islamic Republic of Pakistan	Gilgit-Baltistan
District	Ghizer
Elevation	2,000 m (7,000 ft)
Population [citation needed]
• Total	12,000
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	+5
Postal code	15101

Sher Qilla Valley: (Urdu: شیر قلعہ وادی) or Sherqilla is a village in Ghizer District, 38 kilometres (24 miles) from Gilgit, Pakistan. It is the largest village of Ghizer District by area. The Ghizer District ضلع غذر‎ formed in 1974 is the westernmost part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Currently,^[when?] it is proposed to split Ghizer District into two 2 districts.^{[citation needed]}

1. The western part of Ghizer District includes the actual Ghizer/ Ghizer Valley of Phander, Gupis and Yasin. The name as Ghizer District will be kept with this region due to the connectivity to its origin.
2. While the eastern part of the current District will include Puniyal and Ishkoman. And probably the newly district would be given the name as Puniyal-Ishkoman District.
3. Sherqilla Valley is located in eastern part of Ghizer District. The tehsil of Sherqilla valley is Puniyal.