Districts of Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir is an administrative unit of Pakistan, It has 10 Districts and each district is further divided into Tehsil. Geographically the northern districts of Azad Kashmir encompasses the lower part of the Himalayas. On the other hand, the southern districts of Azad Kashmir including Bhimber, Mirpur and Kotli districts has extremely hot weather in summers and moderate cold weather in winters and receives rains mostly in monsoon. Azad kashmir receives rainfall in both winters and summers seasons whereas Muzaffarabad and Pattan are among the wettest areas of Azad Kashmir. Culturally, the culture in the northern districts is similar to the people of Gilgit-Baltistan where Balti and other languages are spoken and in the central districts like Poonch, etc. Hindko and Gojri languages are spoken and culture of the people in the southern districts is similar to Potoharis.

Districts of Azad Kashmir

List of Districts
Map Sr. No. District Headquarters Area (km2) Population (2017)[1] Density (people/km2)
1 Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad 1,642 650,370 396
2 Hattian Bala Hattian Bala 854 230,529 270
3 Neelam Valley Athmuqam 3,621 191,251 53
4 Mirpur Mirpur 1,010 456,200 452
5 Bhimber Bhimber 1,516 420,624 277
6 Kotli Kotli 1,862 774,194 416
7 Poonch Rawalakot 855 500,571 585
8 Bagh Bagh 770 371,919 483
9 Haveli Forward Kahuta 598 152,124 254
10 Sudhnati Pallandari 569 297,584 523
Total 13,297

See also

References
  1. "Statistical Year Book 2019" (PDF). Statistics Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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