Chitterpari
Chitterpari (Chattar Pari) ( ur, چترپڑی) is a rapidly expanding town situated near Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Mirpur, in the state of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan. Its population is nearly 30,000. Chitterpari is located in the northern plains of the Punjab region, about west-southwest of Mirpur, north-northwest of Islamabad, and northeast of Karachi. Its climate is quite hot during the summer, from July to September. The town lies on the south shores of Mangla lake, an Reservoir, artificial lake created by the Mangla Dam on the Jhelum River in the 1960s. This town is divided in muhallas (mini towns) Muhalla Barban, Muhalla Gorsian, Muhalla Munda, Muhalla Nagyal, Muhalla Khambal, Muhalla Mahajar etc. It has the Markazi Jamia Masjid that can be seen from the top of Mangla Dam. The first medical college of Azad Kashmir known as Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College is located in this town. External links

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Mirpur District
The Mirpur District ( ur, ) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. The Mirpur District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the Bhimber District, on the south by the Gujrat District of Pakistan's Punjab Province, on the south-west by the Jhelum District of Pakistan's Punjab Province, and on the west by Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province. The district is named after its main city, Mirpur. The Mirpur District has a population of 456,200 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains. The Mirpur District has a humid subtropical climate which closely resembles that of the Gujrat District and the Jhelum District, the adjoining districts of Pakistan's Punjab Province. History During the British Raj, the Mirpur District was one of the five districts of the Jammu Province in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the 1941 census, the it had a populat ...
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