Key facts
- Country
- India
- Union territory
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Division
- Jammu
- District
- Poonch
- Tehsil
- Haveli
- Vidhan sabha constituency
- Poonch–Haveli
- Mla
- Ajaz Jan (NC)
- Ddc
- Tazeem Akhter, Independent
- Total
- 10.36 km (4.00 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 1,021 m (3,349 ft)
- Density
- 2,592/km (6,713/sq mi)
- Demonym
- Poonchi
- Official
- Hindi , Dogri , English, Kashmiri , Urdu
- Spoken
- Pahari , Gojri , Kashmiri
- Time zone
- UTC+5:30 ( IST )
- Vehicle registration
- JK-12
- Website
- poonch .nic .in
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Poonch (or Punch), (called Prunts in the Kashmiri, Gojri & Pahari languages) is a city and the administrative headquarters of the Poonch district, of the Indian-administered union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which is part of the larger disputed territory of Kashmir. It is located near the Line of Control – the de facto border in the disputed region. Poonch shares a de facto border with the Poonch district of the Pakistan-administered, self-governing territory of Azad Kashmir.Poonch is also, often referred to as “Mini Kashmir” due to its landscape and climate.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Poonch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.