Nawan Shehr

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Nawan Shehr (

Nawan Shehr is located on the way to Abbottabad City, the tourist resorts of Thandiani and Nathia Gali on Murree road at Location: 34°10'N 73°16'E^[2] Altitude : 1,216 m (3,990 ft)

Tourist attractions

Nawanshehr features some of its own tourist attractions, such as:

• Ilyasi Masjid (mosque)
• Bungalows (Locally known as Havelis) of Babu Sher Das.

In Nawanshehr there is a famous mosque that was built over a stream of water that flows from the mountain. The mosque stills stands to this day and still has water flowing underneath it. It is called Ilyasi Masjid. In front of it is a little pond-like area in which people can ride paddle-driven boats. The place is also famous for the 'Pakora' stalls.

• Naray a natural
  spring which is used as a public bath
  .
• Cricket Stadium

Demography

Religious groups in Nawan Shehr City (1881−1941)^[a]

Religious group	1881[4][5][6]		1901[7][8]		1911[9][10]		1921[11][12]		1931[13]		1941[3]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
Islam	3,251	75.48%	2,939	71.44%	3,404	73.03%	3,794	74.51%	3,884	75.71%	5,075	79.12%
Hinduism [b]	1,056	24.52%	995	24.19%	1,069	22.93%	1,052	20.66%	883	17.21%	1,030	16.06%
Sikhism	0	0%	180	4.38%	188	4.03%	246	4.83%	363	7.08%	309	4.82%
Jainism	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	—	—
Christianity	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Zoroastrianism	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Judaism	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Buddhism	—	—	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	—	—
Others	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%
Total population	4,307	100%	4,114	100%	4,661	100%	5,092	100%	5,130	100%	6,414	100%

Notable people

• Pakistan Peoples Party

Notes

References