Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
Mirpur
میرپور | |
|---|---|
City administered by Pakistan | |
| New Mirpur City | |
Clockwise from the top: Mirpur City, Ramkot Fort, Panoramic view of the city, Tomb of Mian Muhammad Bakhsh, | |
| Nickname: Little England | |
Interactive map of Mirpur | |
| Coordinates: 33°9′N 73°44′E / 33.150°N 73.733°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Mirpur |
| District | Mirpur |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Mirpur Development Authority |
| • Mayor | Usman Ali Khalid (PTI) |
| • Deputy Mayor | Ramzan Chughtai (PTI) |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Ch. Amjad Iqbal BPS-18(PAS) |
| • District Police Officer | Raja Irfan Salim BPS-18(PSP) |
| Elevation | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• City | 124,352 |
| • Rank | 74th, Pakistan |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken | |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
| Calling code | 05827 |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Number of Union councils | 21 |
Mirpur (Potwari: مرپر [mɪɾˈpəɾᵊ]; Urdu: ميرپور [miːɾˈpuːɾ]), officially known as New Mirpur City (Urdu: نیا میرپر شہر, romanized: nayā mīrpur shèher), is the capital of Mirpur district located in Pakistani-administered territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, within the larger disputed Kashmir region. It is the second largest city of Azad Kashmir and the 74th largest city in Pakistan.
A significant portion of the population from the district, the Mirpuri diaspora, migrated to the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1950s and in the early 1960s, mostly to West Yorkshire, East and West Midlands, Greater Manchester, Birmingham, Luton, Peterborough, Derby, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Sheffield, East London and other parts of England. Mirpur is thus sometimes known as "Little England". Many British products are found, and many shops in the city accept the pound sterling.