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Jammu (/ ˈ dʒ ʌ m uː /) is a city in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [2] It is the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, which is an Indian-administered union territory. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district.
The Jammu division (/ ˈ dʒ æ m uː, ˈ dʒ ʌ m-/ ⓘ; Dogri pronunciation: [dʒəmːuː]) is a revenue and administrative division of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. [1] It is bordered by the Kashmir division to the north.
Location of Jammu and Kashmir Banner of Jammu and Kashmir. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Jammu and Kashmir: Jammu and Kashmir – is a region administered by India as a union territory. Until 2019, it was the name of a larger region administered by India as a state. Often denoted by the acronym J&K.
The Kashmir Valley, also known as the Vale of Kashmir, is an intermontane valley in northern Jammu and Kashmir, a region in Indian-administered Kashmir. [1] The valley is surrounded by ranges of the Himalayas, bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the Greater Himalayan range.
Jammu [b] and Kashmir [c] (abbreviated J&K) is a region administered by India as a union territory [1] and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959. [3]
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
Jammu and Kashmir was one of the largest recipients of grants from India; in 2004, this amounted to US$812 million. [116] Tourism, which was integral to the economy, witnessed a decline owing to the insurgency, but foreign tourism later rebounded, and in 2009, the state was one among the top tourist destinations in India. [ 117 ]
Kishtwar district is an administrative district of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir of the disputed Kashmir region. [1] As of 2011, it is the largest and the least populous district of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.