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| Muzaffarabad | |
| Flag of Azad Kashmir | Emblem of Muzaffarabad |
| Province | Azad Kashmir |
| Location - Altitude | °′″N, °′″E 3000m app AMSL |
| Area | 6117 Sq. Km km² |
| Population - Estimate (1999) | 0.742 million |
| Density | persons/km² |
| Calling code | 058810 |
| Time zone | PST +05:00 ahead of GMT |
| No. of Towns | |
| No. of Union Councils | |
| City Mayor (Nazim) | |
| Muzaffarabad Local Government |
Muzaffarabad (Urdu: مظفرآباد, is the capital of the State of Azad Kashmir, located in the north of the state, which is the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located in Muzaffarabad District. Muzafarabad district, located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers, is very hilly. The district is bounded to Punjab in the west and to Kupwara and Baramulla districts of Indian occupied Kashmir in the east while Northern Areas fall on the northeast of the district. Total area of the district is 6117 square kilometers. Total population of the district according to 1998 census stands at 725,000 and according to 1999 projection its population stands at 741,000. The district comprises three tehsils. Muzaffarabad city in the district serves as capital of Azad Kashmir.
Location
Muzaffarabad is situated at the confluence of the Jhelum & Neelum rivers. It is at a distance of 138 kilometers from Rawalpindi and Islamabad, and about 76 kilometers from Abbottabad. Cradled by lofty mountains, Muzaffarabad is a blend of varied cultures and languages. The Neelum river plays a dominant role in the microclimate of Muzaffarabad.
History
The name of Muzaffarabad has been given to it after the name of Sultan Muzaffar Khan, a former chief of the Bomba Dynasty. Since then it has been one of the important cities of Kashmir. After 1947 independence war, Muzaffarabad was made the capital of State of Azad Kashmir.
On 8 October 2005 it was stuck by an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 7.6 on the Richter Scale.
Sites Of Interest
Forts
There are two historical forts on the opposite sides of the river Neelum.
- Red Fort
- Black Fort
Other
- Azad Kashmir Assembly
- Azad Kashmir Supreme Court
- Masque Assembly Secretariat
- Kh. Khurshid Tomb
- Chehla Bridge
- Subri (Langarpura) Lake
Valleys
- Pirchinassi
- Neelum Valley
- Athmuqam
- Neelum
- Sharda
- Kel
- Jhelum Valley
- Leepa Valley
Tehsils
- Punjkot
2005 Kashmir Earthquake
Muzaffarabad was the epicenter of the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, which occurred on 8 October 2005 and had an earthquake magnitude of 7.6. It destroyed 50% of the buildings in the town (including most official buildings) and is estimated to have killed up to 30,000 people in Pakistani-controlled Kashmir alone.
The Kashmir earthquake (also known as the Northern Pakistan earthquake or South Asia earthquake) of 2005 was a major seismological disturbance (earthquake) that occurred at 08:50:38 Pakistan Standard Time (03:50:38 UTC, 09:20:38 India Standard Time, 08:50:38 local time at epicenter) on October 8, 2005 with the epicenter in the Pakistan-administered region of the disputed territory of Kashmir in South Asia. It registered 7.6 on the moment magnitude scale making it a major earthquake similar in intensity to the 1935 Quetta earthquake, the 2001 Gujarat Earthquake, and the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
As of 8 November, the Pakistani government's official death toll was 87,350. Some estimate that the death toll could reach over 100,000.
