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Shopian
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- Settlement.name
- Shopian
- Settlement.native_name
- Shupyan
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ks
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- 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
- Shopian
- Settlement.established_date
- 2007
- Settlement.government_type
- District Magistrate - Presidential Rule
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 312
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2057
- Settlement.population_total
- 266215
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Shopian (), known as Shupyan () in Kashmiri, is an administrative division of the Shopian district. It is located in the southern part of the Kashmir Valley in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
Shopian is called the Apple town of Kashmir as the majority of the population engages in apple-growing practices. It also provides employment to more than 60% of the population. It is the second richest district in the Kashmir region after Srinagar.