Gulmarg
Gulmarg | |
|---|---|
Hill Station | |
Houses in Gulmarg, Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary, Gulmarg Gondola | |
Location in Jammu & Kashmir, India | |
| Coordinates: 34°03′N 74°23′E / 34.05°N 74.38°E | |
| Country | India |
| Union Territory | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Baramulla |
| Elevation | 2,650 m (8,690 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 1,965 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi, Dogri, English |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 193403 |
| Website | baramulla |
Gulmarg (Urdu pronunciation: [ɡʊlməɾɡ]), known as Gulmarag (Kashmiri pronunciation: [ɡulmarɨɡ]; lit. 'meadow of flowers' in Kashmiri), is a town, hill station, tourist destination, skiing destination, and a notified area committee in the Baramulla district of the northern Kashmir Valley of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, within the larger disputed Kashmir region.
It is located at a distance of 31 km (19 mi) from Baramulla and 49 km (30 mi) from Srinagar. The town is situated in the India’s well known Pir Panjal Range in the Western Himalayas and lies within the boundaries of Gulmarg Wildlife Sanctuary.