Sudhanoti District
The Sudhanoti District (also spelled Sudhanuti District) (Urdu: ضلع سدھنوتی), meaning the "heartland of Sudhans" or "Sudhan heartland"),
Sudhanoti District
ضلع سدھنوتی | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
A view of Cadet College Pallandri in the Sudhanoti District | |
Interactive map of Sudhanoti district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Pallandri Tehsil): 33°40′N 73°43′E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Poonch Division |
| Headquarters | Pallandri |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 569 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 297,584 |
| • Density | 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken | Gujari; Pahari-Pothwari |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | sudhanoti.com |
It is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The Sudhanoti District is bounded on the north and east by the Poonch District, on the south by the Kotli District, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province. It is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with Rawalpindi and Islamabad via the Azad Pattan Road.
The district headquarters is the town of Pallandri. It lies at an elevation of 1,372 meters and is at a distance of 97 kilometers from Rawalpindi via the Azad Pattan Road. Pallandri is connected to Rawalakot by a 64-km metalled road.