Neelum District
Neelum District
نيٖلم ضِلہٕ | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
| ضلع نیلم | |
Photograph showing the heavily-forested landscape of the Neelum Valley in April 2015 | |
Interactive map of Neelum district | |
A map showing Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir (shaded in sage green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Athmuqam): 34°35′N 73°55′E / 34.59°N 73.91°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Muzaffarabad Division |
| Headquarters | Athmuqam |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local bodies elections conducted after 31 years gap |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sardar Tahir Mehmood up (Mian Abdul Waheed MLA (PPP) Shah Ghulam Qadar MLA (PMLN)) |
| • District Police Officer | Sajid Imran |
| • District Health Officer | Abdul Mateen |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,621 km2 (1,398 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 191,233 |
| • Density | 53/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Local | Hindko, Kashmiri, Shina, Gojri, Kundal Shahi |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
Neelum (spelt also Neelam; Urdu: نیلم [niːləm]) is a district of Pakistan-administered territory of Azad Kashmir, in the disputed Kashmir region. It is the northernmost and the largest by land area of the ten districts of Azad Kashmir. Taking up the larger part of the Neelum Valley, the district had a population of around 191,233 people as of the 2017 census. It was among the worst-hit areas of Pakistan during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.