Muzaffarābād District (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)

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Name (Latin)
Muzaffarābād District (Azad Kashmir, Pakistan)
Other forms of name
Muzaffarābād District (Azad Kashmir)
Coordinates
73.65 73.65 34.31666667 34.31666667 (gooearth )
E0740000 E0740000 N0344500 N0344500 (geonames )
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 127984600
Wikidata: Q2428174
Library of congress: n 92060251
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(civil; 34°45ʹ00ʺN 074°00ʹ00ʺE)
  • U.S. B.G.N. Gazetteer of Pakistan, 1983:p. 481 (Muzaffarābād District, ADMD, 34°45ʹN, 74°00ʹE)
  • Alam, M.I. Needs and problems of farmers with reference ... 1990:t.p. (Muzaffarabad District of Azad Jammu and Kashmir)
  • U.S. B.G.N. Gazetteer of Pakistan, 1983:p. 481 (Muzaffarābād District, ADMD, 34p0s45ʹN, 74p0s00ʹE)

Wikipedia description:

The Muzaffarabad District (Urdu: ضلع مُظفّرآباد) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 10 districts of this dependent territory. The district is located on the banks of the Jhelum and Neelum rivers and is very hilly. The total area of the Muzaffarabad District is 1,642 square kilometres (634 sq mi). The district is part of the Muzaffarabad Division, and the city of Muzaffarabad serves as the capital of Azad Kashmir. The district is bounded on the north-east by the Neelum District and the Kupwara district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir region, on the south-east by the Hattian Bala District, on the south by the Bagh District, and on the west by the Mansehra and Abbottabad districts of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

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