Neelum District
Neelum (spelt also Neelam; Urdu: نیلم [niːləm]) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the northernmost of 10 districts located within the Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Kashmir. Taking up the larger part of the Neelum Valley, the district had a population of around 191,000 people (as of 2017). It was among the worst-hit areas of Pakistan during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.
Neelum District
ضلع نیلم | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
Photograph showing the heavily-forested landscape of the Neelum Valley in April 2015 | |
Interactive map of Neelum district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Athmuqam): 34.59°N 73.91°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Muzaffarabad Division |
| Founded by | Mufti Mansoor ur Rehman in his rule during 2005 on Feb 5 |
| Headquarters | Athmuqam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local bodies elections conducted after 31 years gap |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sardar Tahir Mehmood up (Mian Abdul Waheed MLA(PPP) Shah Ghulam Qadar MLA (PMLN)) |
| • District Police Officer | Sajid Imran |
| • District Health Officer | Abdul Mateen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 216,000 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Hindko Kashmiry Gojri shina Pashto | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Local | Hindko, Kashmiri, Shina, Gojri, Kundal Shahi |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
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