Kishtwar

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Settlement.name: Kishtwar
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Chowgan.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View of Chowgan Ground in Kishtwar town, Jammu and Kashmir, India
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 & Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Division
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Jammu
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Kishtwar
Settlement.government_type: Municipal Council
Settlement.governing_body: Kishtwar Municipal Council
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 22.5

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Wikidata facts

Population: 14865
Elevation: 1638
Official website: www.mykishtwar.com
Image: Warwan.jpg
Dialing code: 1955

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postal code: 182204

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Kishtwar is a town, municipality and administrative headquarter of the Kishtwar district in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The district was carved out of the Doda district in 2007. and is located in the Jammu division. The town of Kishtwar is situated at a distance of from the summer capital of Srinagar, and from the winter capital of Jammu. A large ground locally called as Chowgan ground is located in the heart of the town. The old name of Kishtwar was "Kashtvatha" as mentioned in Rajtarangni of Kalhana Pandita written in 1148 CE.

In 2013, the municipality was the location of the Kishtwar Riots, which claimed three lives and injured 80 more, and was a conflict between Muslim and Hindu communities that occurred in the aftermath of the Eid festival on 9 August 2013 at Kishtwar, Jammu and Kashmir.