Balakot
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Balakot (; ; ) is a town in Mansehra district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town was significantly damaged during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake but was later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Balakot Upper Pakhli
- Settlement.name
- Balakot
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Balakot City in the evening.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 320px
- Settlement.mapsize
- 150 px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Pakistan#Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hazara
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- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Mansehra
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- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- Balakot
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 1998
- Settlement.leader_title
- MPA PK-36
- Settlement.leader_name
- Munir Lughmani Swati
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Encyclopedic overview
15 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Climate
- Administration
- History
- Early history
- Battle of Balakot (1831)
- War of Independence (1857)
- 2005 earthquake
- New Balakot City
- 2019 bombing by the Indian Air Force
- Demographics
- Transportation
- See also
- References
- External links
Balakot (; ; ) is a town in Mansehra district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The town was significantly damaged during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake but was later rebuilt with the assistance of the Government of Pakistan.
==Geography== thumb|Kunhar river flowing through Balakot Balakot is located on the right bank of the Kunhar River in northern Pakistan. It is almost two-thirds of the length of the river from its origin at Lake Dharam Sar deep in the Kaghan Valley before its confluence with the Jehlum River.
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