Jammu and Kashmir is situated in north west of India in the Himalayan Region, bordered in west by Pakistan's Azad Kashmir division, in north by Gilgit-Baltistan, the Pakistani territory formerly known as the Northern Areas, to the north east by the disputed border area of Aksai Chin, now administered by China, in east ...

Where Kashmir is located in Pakistan?

Today the northern part of Kashmir is held by Pakistan. The disputed regions are Gilgit-Baltistan in the north and Azad Kashmir, the nominally self-governing territory to the west of the Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Is Kashmir a part of Asia?

South Asia: Kashmir. Before the partition in 1947 Maharaja Hari Singh Bahadur (see History of Kashmir to 1947) controlled an area of more than 92,000 square miles. This area was made up of the territories of Jammu, Kashmir, Ladakh, the Aksai Chin, Gilgit, and Baltisan.