The Bhimber District ( ur, ) is the southernmost district of the 10 districts of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

's dependent territory of

Azad Kashmir Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee: * * * and constituting the western portion of the larger Ka ...

. It has an area of 1516 km², and the district headquarter is the town of

Bhimber Bhimber ( ur, ) is the capital of Bhimber District, in the Azad Kashmir. The town is on the border between Jammu region and Punjab in Pakistan proper about by road southeast of Mirpur. History Bhimber was the capital of the Chibhal dynasty ...

History

The area is rich in

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remains due to its strategic location on the route that was followed by the

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on their frequent visits to the

Kashmir Valley The Kashmir Valley, also known as the ''Vale of Kashmir'', is an intermontane valley concentrated in the Kashmir Division of the Indian- union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The valley is bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and ...

. It is strategically important from defense and military standpoint. Due to its location, it became known as the Gateway to Kashmir (Bab-e-Kashmir). Previously, Bhimber was a tehsil of the

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 Dis ...

but was elevated to district status in 1996.

Location

The Bhimber District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the

Rajouri District Rajouri (or Rajauri) is a district of Jammu region in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Line of Control lies to its west, Poonch to its north, the Reasi district to the east and the Jammu district to its south. Rajouri is f ...

and the

Jammu District Jammu district is the most populous of the districts in Jammu and Kashmir, India and is home to the winter capital (Jammu) of Jammu and Kashmir. The capital moves to Srinagar in the summer. Administrative divisions Jammu District has 7 Sub ...

of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, on the south by the

Gujrat District Gujrat ( Punjabi and ur, ), is a district of Punjab Province in Pakistan. It is bounded on the northeast by Mirpur, on the northwest by the River Jhelum, which separates it from Jhelum District, on the east and southeast by the Chenab Ri ...

's Punjab Province, and on the west by the

. The town of

is 50 km from the city of Mirpur.

Administrative divisions

The Bhimber District is subdivided into three

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

s: * Barnala Tehsil * Bhimber Tehsil *

Samahni Tehsil Samahni ( ur, سماہنی) is a small town and tehsil in Bhimber District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan, located at a distance of by road northeast of Bhimber. It lies in the Samahni Valley Samahni valley is a valley situated on the ''LOC'' (line of ...

Demography

According to the 2017 census, the population of the district is 420,624. The main native languages are Punjabi (according to a rough estimate, spoken by 35% of the population),

Pahari-Pothwari The Indo-Aryan language spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Punjab, Pakistan, Pakistani Punjab, as well as in most of Pakistan's Azad Kashmir and in western areas of India's Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu and Kashmir, i ...

(30%),

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(30%) and

Gujari Gojri (, ), also known as Gujari, Gujri, Gojari, or Gojri, is a variety of Rajasthani spoken by the Gurjars and other tribes of India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. In India, the language is mainly spoken in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, ...

(5%).

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
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MUJAHID FORCE CENTER BHIMBER ''Mujahideen'', or ''Mujahidin'' ( ar, مُجَاهِدِين, mujāhidīn), is the plural form of ''mujahid'' ( ar, مجاهد, mujāhid, strugglers or strivers or justice, right conduct, Godly rule, etc. doers of jihād), an Arabic term t ...

** **

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References

External links

Bhimber Azad Kashmir Public websiteBhimber district page by the Government of Azad Kashmir
* {{Coord, 32.9752, N, 74.0612, E, type:city_region:PK, display=title Districts of Azad Kashmir