Bhimber District

Coordinates: 33°00′N 74°06′E / 33.000°N 74.100°E / 33.000; 74.100
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Bhimber District
ضلع بھمبر
Deputy Commissioner
N/A
 • District Police OfficerN/A
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total1,516 km2 (585 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total420,624
 • Density277/km2 (720/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialUrdu
 • Spoken
Number of Tehsils3

Bhimber District (

Urdu: ضلع بھمبر) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region.[1] It is the southernmost of the 10 districts of Pakistan's territory of Azad Kashmir. It has an area of 1,516 km², and the district headquarter is the town of Bhimber
.

Map of Azad Kashmir with the Bhimber District highlighted in red

History

The area is rich in

Mughal emperors on their frequent visits to the Kashmir Valley
.

It is strategically important from defense and military standpoint. Due to its location, it became known as the Gateway to Kashmir (Bab-e-Kashmir).

During the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948 Bhimber was captured by the Azad Kashmir rebels supported by Pakistan and became a part of the Azad Kashmir.[2]

Previously, Bhimber was a tehsil of the Mirpur District but was elevated to district status in 1996.[3]

Location

The Bhimber District is bounded on the north by the

Mirpur
.

Administrative divisions

The Bhimber District is subdivided into three tehsils:[4]

Demography

According to the

2017 census, the population of the district is 420,624.[5]

The main native languages are Punjabi (according to a rough estimate, spoken by 35% of the population), Pahari-Pothwari (30%), Dogri (30%) and Gujari (5%).[6][7] Urdu language has 'official' status.

Education

According to the Alif Ailaan Pakistan District Education Rankings 2015, the Bhimber District ranked 10th out of 145 districts in Pakistan and its two dependent territories in terms of education. For facilities and infrastructure, the district ranked 116 out of 145.[8]

Climate

The southern zone of the Mirpur Division has a climate similar to the neighbouring areas of the Punjab province. Hot summer temperatures are often over 45 C from May to September. Winters are cold, and rainfall is concentrated in the monsoon season from late June to the end of August. There is often a prolonged dry period from October to early January, followed by winter rains from mid-January to March.

References

  1. ^
    due weight
    in the coverage. Although "controlled" and "held" are also applied neutrally to the names of the disputants or to the regions administered by them, as evidenced in sources (h) through (i) below, "held" is also considered politicized usage, as is the term "occupied," (see (j) below).
    (a) Kashmir, region Indian subcontinent, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 15 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Kashmir, region of the northwestern Indian subcontinent ... has been the subject of dispute between India and Pakistan since the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947. The northern and western portions are administered by Pakistan and comprise three areas: Azad Kashmir, Gilgit, and Baltistan, the last two being part of a territory called the Northern Areas. Administered by India are the southern and southeastern portions, which constitute the state of Jammu and Kashmir but are slated to be split into two union territories.";
    (b) Pletcher, Kenneth, Aksai Chin, Plateau Region, Asia, Encyclopaedia Britannica, retrieved 16 August 2019 (subscription required) Quote: "Aksai Chin, Chinese (Pinyin) Aksayqin, portion of the Kashmir region, at the northernmost extent of the Indian subcontinent in south-central Asia. It constitutes nearly all the territory of the Chinese-administered sector of Kashmir that is claimed by India to be part of the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir state.";
    (c) "Kashmir", Encyclopedia Americana, Scholastic Library Publishing, 2006, p. 328,
    ISBN 978-1-84904-621-3
     Quote:"Some politicised terms also are used to describe parts of J&K. These terms include the words 'occupied' and 'held'."
  2. ISBN 9780755607204
    .
  3. ^ "Bhimber District". Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Bhimber District". Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Government of Pakistan website. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Census 2017: AJK population rises to over 4m". The Nation (newspaper). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  6. ^ Statistical Year Book 2020 (PDF). Muzaffarabad: AJ&K Bureau Of Statistics. p. 140. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. ^ Shakil, Mohsin (2012). "Languages of Erstwhile State of Jammu Kashmir (A Preliminary Study)". p. 12.
  8. ^ "Individual district profile link, 2015". Alif Ailaan. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2023.

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