Kotli District
Kotli District (Urdu: ضلع کوٹلی) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the Azad Kashmir region. It is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. It is bounded on the north by the Sudhanoti District and the Poonch District, on the north-east by the Poonch District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the south by the Mirpur and Bhimber districts, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District on Pakistan's Punjab Province. Kotli is the biggest district of Azad Kashmir by population and the second biggest by land area, after the Neelum District. The district headquarters is the city of Kotli. The main native languages are Pahari (estimated to be spoken by just under two thirds of the population), and Gujari (spoken by about a third of the population).
Kotli District
ضلع کوٹلی | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
Interactive map of Kotli district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Kotli): 33°30′20″N 73°53′57″E | |
| Administrating country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Mirpur Division |
| Headquarters | Kotli |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | Syed Shafqat Hussain Shah |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,862 km2 (719 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 774,194 |
| • Density | 416/km2 (1,080/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken |
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| Number of Tehsils | 5 |