Gurez Valley

Gurez, or Gurais (Guráai in Shina language), is a tehsil in Bandipore District of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. It contains most of the Gurez Valley, located in the high Himalayas to the north of the Kashmir Valley, separated from it by the great Himalayan range, and is situated about 86 kilometres (53 mi) from district headquarters Bandipore and 123 kilometres (76 mi) from Srinagar. A sub-valley of Gurez beyond Kamri came under Pakistani control after 1947, including Minimarg, and is today part of Astore District in Gilgit-Baltistan.