Neelum District
ضلع نیلم
District of Azad Kashmir
Photograph showing the heavily-forested landscape of the Neelum Valley in July 2013
Photograph showing the heavily-forested landscape of the Neelum Valley in July 2013
Map of the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir with the Neelum District highlighted in red
Map of the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir with the Neelum District highlighted in red
Country Pakistan
Territory Azad Kashmir
Division Muzaffarabad Division
Headquarters Athmuqam
Area[1]
• Total 3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi)
Population (2017)[2]
• Total 191,251
• Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
The Neelum District or Neelam District (Urdu: ضلع نیلم) is the northernmost of 10 districts located within the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Kashmir. Taking up the larger part of the Neelam Valley, the district has a population of around 191,000 people (as of 2017),[2] and was among the worst-hit areas of Pakistan during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.[3]
Contents
1 Location
2 Administration
3 Languages
4 Education
5 See also
6 References
7 Bibliography
8 External links
Location[edit]
The district is bordered on the north and north-east by the Diamer District, the Astore District, and the Skardu District of Gilgit-Baltistan, on the south by the Kupwara District and the Bandipora District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the south-west by the Muzaffarabad District, and by the west by the Mansehra District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.
The Neelum Valley was known before the partition as Kishanganga and was subsequently renamed for the village of Neelam.[4] It flows from the Gurez Valley in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir and roughly follows first a western and then a south-western course until it joins the Jhelum River at Muzaffarabad. The valley is a thickly wooded[citation needed] region with an elevation ranging between 4,000 feet (1,200 m) and 7,500 feet (2,300 m), with mountain peaks on either side reaching 17,000 feet (5,200 m).[5] The Neelum Valley is 144 kilometres (89 mi) long.[6]The Line of Control runs through the valley, either across the mountains to the south-east or in places right along the river, with several villages on the left bank falling on the Indian side of the border.[7]
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