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Mirpur lies at the foothills of the Himalayas mountain range of an altitude of 648 metres or 2,126 feet above sea level and is linked with the main Peshawar-Lahore Grand Trunk Road at Dina Tehsil. It is the headquarters of Mirpur District, which has two subdivisions: Mirpur and Dudial. [13]
Mirpur District (Urdu: ضلع میرپور) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir region. [1] It is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan 's territory of Azad Kashmir. [ 3 ]
The Mangla Dam (Urdu: منگلا بند) is a multipurpose dam situated on the Jhelum River, lying in the Mirpur District of Azad Kashmir and the Jhelum District in Punjab, Pakistan. [1] [3] It is the sixth-largest dam in the world. The village of Mangla, which sits at the mouth of the dam, serves as its namesake.
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]
Islamgarh (Urdu: اسلام گڑھ ) is a tehsil and Municipal Committee of Mirpur District near Mangla Dam of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It is located on the southern part of the Pir Panjal Range, about 28 Kilometer in North-East of Mirpur. It had a population of 175,651 in 2023. [1]
MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - An earthquake shook northern Pakistan on Tuesday, destroying buildings, cracking roads, killing 22 people and injuring nearly 200 more, government and ...
Mirpur Development Authority, located in sector F/2, is a public benefit corporation responsible for providing municipal services in Mirpur city, Azad Jammu & Kashmir's largest city. MDA was established through MDA ordinance in 1974. The authority is the successor of the Allotment Of The Land Committee which was created in 1964.
Mangla Fort (Urdu: منگلا قلعہ) is a historical fort located in Mangla, Azad Kashmir. [1] [2] [3] It is currently under the administration of the Pakistan Army and is not publicly accessible. [4] [5] During the construction of the Mangla Dam, a large portion of the fort was submersed in the dam. [6]