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The southern districts of Azad Kashmir, which consist of the Bhimber, Kotli, and Mirpur districts have extremely hot weather in the summer and moderately cold weather in the winter. Azad Kashmir receives rainfall in both the winter and summer seasons, with Muzaffarabad being among the wettest areas of Azad Kashmir.
Kashmir Division: Kashmir South and Kashmir North ; 13 per cent of the Muzaffarabad district. [5] Ladakh Division: Kargil and Leh districts. (Became the union territory of Ladakh on 31 October 2019.) The districts were reorganised by 1968, breaking up some of the larger districts. [6]
The Great Lakes Trek or Kashmir Great Lakes Trek commercially known as Sonamarg-Vishansar-Naranag Trek [1] is an alpine himalayan high-altitude trek in the Kashmir Valley in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. [2] This is the most famous trek in Kashmir. The trek is usually completed in 6-7 days and is rated as moderate-difficult in terms of ...
Fertile, green, mountainous valleys are characteristic of Azad Kashmir's geography, making it one of the most beautiful regions on the subcontinent. [2] The southern parts of Azad Kashmir including Bhimber, Mirpur and Kotli districts has extremely hot weather in summers and moderate cold weather in winters. It receives rains mostly in monsoon ...
An alternate trek starts from Chattergul village, 10 km to the west of Naranag which leads through the meadows of Mahlish. The lake can also be accessed through Bandipora and the five-day trekking starting point is Arin. Tourists prefer Naranag trek and return via Gadsar Lake, Vishansar Lake and Sonamarg to cover most alpine lakes of the area ...
Furthermore, Durinar Lake III (located at an elevation of 4,650 meters above sea level) is the highest altitude alpine lake in Kashmir, [7] while Manasbal Lake (with a depth of 13 meters or 43 feet) is the deepest plain lake in Kashmir. [8] Both lakes fall within the jurisdiction of the Ganderbal district.
The Kashmir division is largely Muslim (97.16%) with a very small Hindu (2.45%) and Sikh (0.81%) population. [ 24 ] [ 25 ] Among Muslims, there are Shias and Sunnis secs, majority of whom are made up of ethnic Kashmiris , with a significant minority of Pahari-Pothwari and Gujjar-Bakarwal people mainly living at the border area adjoining ...
The constituents of Urban Agglomerations in Jammu and Kashmir, with a population of 1 lakh or above, are noted below: [3] Srinagar Urban Agglomeration includes Srinagar (M Corp.), Bagh e Mehtab (OG), Shanker Pora (OG), Machwa(Nasratpora) (OG), Dharam Bagh (OG), Gopal Pora (OG), Wathora (OG), Badamibagh (CB), Pampora (MC) Narbal, Parihaspora and Kral Pora (CT),