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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر, romanized: Āzād Jammū̃ o Kaśmīr ⓘ, lit. 'Independent Jammu and Kashmir'; abbr. AJK), [6] officially the State of Azad Jammu and Kashmir [a] and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir (/ ˌ ɑː z æ d k æ ʃ ˈ m ɪər / AH-zad kash-MEER), [7] is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing ...
Azad Kashmir is a dependent territory of Pakistan. It has 10 first-order administrative divisions called "districts," and each district is divided into tehsils. Geographically, the northern districts of Azad Kashmir encompass the lower part of the Himalayas. The southern districts of Azad Kashmir, which consist of the Bhimber, Kotli, and Mirpur ...
Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region. Jammu and Kashmir is home to several valleys such as the Kashmir Valley, Tawi Valley, Chenab Valley, Poonch Valley, Sind Valley, and Lidder Valley. [35] The Kashmir valley is 100 km (62 mi) wide and 15,520.3 km 2 (5,992.4 sq mi) in area. [36]
India has control of about half the area of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, which comprises Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, while Pakistan controls a third of the region, divided into two provinces, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan. Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh are administered by India as union territories.
Muzaffarabad (/ ˌmʊzəˌfærəˈbæd /; [ 5 ] Urdu: مُظَفَّر آباد, IPA: [mʊzəffərɑːbɑːd]) is a city in Pakistani -administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [ 1 ] It is the largest city and the capital of Azad Kashmir, which is a Pakistani-administered administrative territory. The city is located in ...
United Nations map of the Line of Control. The LoC is not defined near Siachen Glacier.. The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serves as the de facto border.
In 2006, eight new districts were created: Kishtwar, Ramban, Reasi, Samba, Bandipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Shopian. [7] In August 2019, the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act was passed by both houses of the Indian Parliament. The provisions contained in the bill reorganised the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories; Jammu ...
Mirpur District (Urdu: ضلع میرپور) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan 's territory of Azad Kashmir. [3] The Mirpur District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the Bhimber District, on the south by the Gujrat ...