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Musa Ka Musala
Musa ka Musalla ( ) is a peak standing at an altitude of about at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalayas. It is situated north of the city of Abbottabad in Balakot Tehsil of Mansehra District. Etymology The name Musa ka Musalla translates to Moses' mat. The legend has it that a shepherd named Musa used to pray there at the peak. There is also a shrine at the top probably of the same shepherd who is revered to as a saint by locales. Routes The peak is accessible via three routes in summers but all needs hours of trekking. * Balakot to Nadi Bangla and Kund Bangla route * Paras to Sharran forest route * Shinkiari to Mandagucha route The Shinkiari to Manda Gucha route is the most accessible route to reach the peak. See also *Malika Parbat *Lalazar Lalazar ( ps, ), ( ur, ) is a tourist spot at an elevation of above the sea level, located in upper Kaghan Valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. See also * Saiful Muluk Lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansehra
Mansehra is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and the headquarters of Mansehra District. It is the 71st largest city of Pakistan and 7th largest city in the province. The name of the city (written in Hindko, Urdu and Gojri as , and in Pashto as ) is derived from that of its founder, Sardar Maha Singh Mirpuri, who was a Sikh administrator and general in the Sikh Khalsa Army during the rule of the Khalsa Empire of Maharaja Ranjit Singh. The city hosts the Mansehra Shiva Temple, which is famous for its annual Shivarathri festival. History Maurya rule The region came under the influence of the Nanda Empire of ancient India from 300 BCE, and with the rise of Chandragupta Maurya, the region came under the complete control of the Mauryan Empire. Ashoka governed this area as a prince, imperial throne 272 BCE. he made it one of the major seats of his government. The Edicts of Ashoka inscribed on three large boulders near Mansehra record fourteen of Ashoka's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, northwestern region of the country, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the smallest province of Pakistan by land area and the Demographics of Pakistan, third-largest province by population after Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab and Sindh. It shares land borders with the Pakistani provinces of Balochistan, Pakistan, Balochistan to the south, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab to the south-east and province of Gilgit-Baltistan to the north and north-east, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory to the east, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Autonomous Territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north-east. It shares an Durand Line, international border with Afghanistan to the west. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is known as a tourist hot spot for adventurers and explorers and has a varied landsca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 peaks exceeding in elevation lie in the Himalayas. By contrast, the highest peak outside Asia (Aconcagua, in the Andes) is tall. The Himalayas abut or cross five countries: Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, and Pakistan. The sovereignty of the range in the Kashmir region is disputed among India, Pakistan, and China. The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus, the Ganges, and the Tsangpo–Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 600 million people; 53 million people live in the Himalayas. The Himalayas have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siran Valley
Bogarmang Valley is a little-known valley situated in Mansehra District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Like the neighboring areas, this valley also suffered greatly from the earthquake which hit the region on October 8, 2005. Etymology of the name The valley gets its name from the River Bogarmang which flows through it. The valley was earlier known as Dara Bogarmang getting its name from village Bogarmang centrally situated in the valley. The literacy rate of Bogarmang valley is 91.5%. File:A View from Pleja Meadows .jpg, A sheep in the meadows of Pleja in Siran Valley File:A glorious sunrise over Musa ka Musalla peak in Siran Valley.jpg, Sunrise over Musa ka Musala File:The unseen meadows of Kunaali in the snow line of Upper Siran Valley.jpg, Kunali Meadows Siran Valley File:A bridge over River Sirin in Sirin Valley.jpg, A bridge over Siran River Geography The Siran River originates from the Mandagucha Glacier and merges into the Tarbela lake. The Siran issues by the glaci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaghan Valley
The Kaghan Valley ( ur, ) is an alpine valley located in the Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The valley covers a distance of across northern Pakistan, rising from its lowest elevation of to its highest point at the Babusar Pass around . Landslides triggered by the devastating 2005 Kashmir earthquake destroyed many passes leading into the valley, though roads have since been largely rebuilt. The Kaghan is a highly popular tourist attraction. Geography The Kaghan Valley is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), and borders the Pakistani-administered territories of Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the north and east, respectively. The 155-kilometre-long valley is enveloped by the Lower Himalayan mountain range, resulting in an alpine climate and the prevalence of pine forests and alpine meadows. Alongside the flow of the Kunhar River, the valley features glaciers, crystal-like clear lakes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbottabad
Abbottabad (; Urdu, Punjabi language(HINDKO dialect) آباد, translit=aibṭabād, ) is the capital city of Abbottabad District in the Hazara region of eastern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the 40th largest city in Pakistan and fourth largest in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population. It is about north of Islamabad-Rawalpindi and east of Peshawar, at an elevation of . Kashmir lies a short distance to the east.People of Abbotabad speak HINDKO dialect of Following the Second Anglo-Sikh War, The British had annexed the entire Punjab region up to Peshawar. Abbottabad was founded in the early 1850s, by a British military officer in the Bengal Army of British Raj, James Abbott and replaced Haripur, as Hazara's capital. On the 9th of November 1901, the British established a North-West Frontier Province from the north-western districts of The Punjab, this meant that Abbottabad was now a part of the newly formed province. Following the Announcement of Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakot Tehsil
Balakot Tehsil ( ur, ) is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns which was most damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 and an estimated 80% of the buildings there were destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors. Its population as of 2017 was . The major spoken language of the tehsil is Hindko. Administration Balakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils: * |
Mansehra District
Mansehra District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was established as a district in 1976, prior to which it was a tehsil within the former Hazara District. Two former subdivisions of Mansehra were split off into separate districts: Battagram in 1993, and Torghar District (formerly known as Kala Dhaka) in 2011. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,555,742, of which 771,976 were males and 783,509 females. Rural population was 1,410,844 (90.69%) while the urban population was 144,898 (9.31%). The literacy rate was 62.56% - the male literacy rate was 75.25% while the female literacy rate was 50.41%. 427 people in the district were from religious minorities. At the time of the 2017 census, 66.48% of the population spoke Hindko and 17.02% Pashto as their first language. 14.26% of the population spoke a language recorded as 'Others' on the census. Many of these, especially in the upper Kaghan Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balakot
Balakot (; ur, ; ) is a town in Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town was destroyed during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, but was later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan and Saudi Public Assistance for Pakistan Earthquake Victims (SPAPEV), a Saudi relief organisation. Balakot also serves as a hub for tourists visiting Northern Areas Geography Balakot is located on the right bank of the Kunhar River. It is almost at two-thirds of the length of river from it its origin at Lake Dharam Sar deep in the Kaghan Valley, before it confluence with Jehlum River. The lower area below Balakot, sometimes referred to as Nainsukh Valley, is temperate while Kaghan Valley above Balakot City is cold enough to turn the whole area to freezing in the winter. Kaghan valley is a pleasant summer destination. Its upper part from Naran upstream lacks the monsoon but the lower part get it well and so is forested. Balakot is now expanding c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shinkiari
Shinkiari ( ps, شینکیارۍ; Hindko/Urdu: شنکیاری) is a Union Council of Mansehra District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is a major tea city with many tea gardens. The police station was established before the Partition of India. At that time, Baffa was a police chowki of Shinkiari Police Station and the second police chowki was in Battal. Both chowkies have now become police stations while historically with poor political background Shinkiari is still a police station instead of a tehsil of Mansehra District. Most of the people are from the Swati Pashtun and Gujjar tribes, speaking Pashto and Hindko. Etymology Shinkiari is a combination of two Pashto words, ''shīn'' () meaning "green" and ''kyārəi'' () meaning "flowerbed". Geography The specialty here is drinking water that is very sweet and tasty with many digestive minerals such as Nara and Pishora. This is the main reason for the increasing population of the city. It is a very important cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandagucha
Mandagucha is a village located in Siran Valley, Mansehra District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The village is on the route to one of the highest hilltops of the Himalaya series in Pakistan, Musa ka Musalla Musa ka Musalla ( ) is a peak standing at an altitude of about at the junction of Siran and Kaghan Valleys in Himalayas. It is situated north of the city of Abbottabad in Balakot Tehsil of Mansehra District. Etymology The name Musa ka Musall ... (13,500 feet above sea level), and has a cool climate. Mandaguchha is the last station that is reachable by car or public transport. Mandagucha is a tribal community of agriculturalists. Demographics It has a population of around 20000 individuals. The major clans and casts are Gujjars, Syeds, Sawatis, Awans and Qureshis (Kotwals),Toda. Gujars are in majority but mostly live as tenants and do not hold land. Qureshi's and Syeds are the other two castes. Most of the lands belong to Sawatis. Gujjar are a numerical minority. Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malika Parbat
Malika Parbat (Pashto/; ''Queen of the Mountains'') (el. ) is the highest peak in Kaghan Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is about south of Lake Saiful Muluk, near Ansoo Lake. The mountain is clearly visible from the popular tourist spot of Lake Saiful Maluk in Kaghan Valley. Malika Parbat is accessible from Naran-Lake Saiful Muluk side and from Batakundi-Dadar Chitta glacier. There are three summits that form Malika Parbat: Malika Parbat (North Peak), Malika Parbat Cresta, and Malika Parbat (South Peak). There are other peaks which offer considerable climbing difficulty in Siran Basin, Khabanar Valley and Burji Valley, while from Burawai, another cirque of low peaks is equally good for mountaineering. Climbing history Only twelve climbers have reached the top of Malika Parbat (North Peak) until now. The North Summit was firstly reached by Captain B.W. Battye and four Gurkha soldiers in 1920 followed by a second ascent made by Trevor Braham, Norman Norris and Gene Wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
