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Also known as Awantīpur (India), Avantipur, Avantipore

Awantipora () or Avantipur or Aavantipur, known as Woontpor () in Kashmiri, is a town, just opposite of Pulwama city, on the banks of the river Jhelum in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Awantipora
Settlement.native_name
Woontpor
Settlement.native_name_lang
ks
Settlement.other_name
Avantipur, Awantipur, Aavantipur
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
Settlement.image_skyline
Avantipura_ruins.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Remains of Avantiswami Temple
Settlement.pushpin_map
India Jammu and Kashmir#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Union territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Pulwama
Settlement.named_for
Raja Avantivarman
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.elevation_m
1582

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Villages in awantipora tehsil
  • IUST Awantipora
  • AIIMS Awantipora
  • Air force station
  • See also
  • External links
  • References

Awantipora () or Avantipur or Aavantipur, known as Woontpor () in Kashmiri, is a town, just opposite of Pulwama city, on the banks of the river Jhelum in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, India.

It is on the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway (now called the NH 44), south of Srinagar and north of Anantnag. Awantipora is a subdistrict of Pulwama district.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Awantipora” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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