Haveli District
The Haveli District (Urdu: ضلع حویلی) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 10 districts of the Pakistan-administered territory of Azad Kashmir. It was previously a tehsil of the Bagh District but was elevated to the district status on 1 July 2009.
Haveli District
ضلع حویلی | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
Haveli Kahutta | |
Interactive map of Haveli district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Forward Kahuta): 33°56′N 74°06′E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Poonch Division |
| Headquarters | Forward Kahuta |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 598 km2 (231 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 152,124 |
| • Density | 268/km2 (690/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken | |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
According to the 2017 census, the district has a population of 152,124. The main native languages are Pahari (estimated to be spoken by around 65% of the inhabitants), Gujari (c. 30%), and Kashmiri (c. 5%). Haveli District has many tourism places such as:
- Neilferi meadows
- Hillan waterfall
- Badori
- Mahmood Gali
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