Jatlan () is a town situated in the
Mirpur District of
Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It was at the epicentre of the
2019 Kashmir earthquake. Jatlan has many famous landmarks such as the Jatlan Head, which was built during the
British colonial period
The British Empire was composed of the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts esta ...
.
Geography
Jatlan is situated 5 miles from
Khari Sharif
Khari Sharif () is an agricultural area between Mirpur and Jhelum of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Broadly speaking, Alaqa-e-Khari (translation in English: Area of Khari) refers to the fertile plains of Khari which exist between the mountains of Mirpu ...
and less than 90 miles from
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
. Jatlan links
Mirpur city with Bhimbher and Kotli districts. It is 8 miles from
Panjeri and 10 miles from
Kalri.
According to the 1998
census of Pakistan
The Census in Pakistan ( ur, ), is a decennial census and a descriptive count of Pakistan's population on Census Day, and of their dwellings, conducted and supervised by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. The 2017 Census in Pakistan marks ...
, its population was 2,214.
References
Mirpur District
{{Pakistan-stub