Azad Kashmir

Azad Jammu an Kashmir (AJK)
Azad Jammu an Kashmir (AJK); آزاد جموں و کشمیر‬; Azaad Jammu o Kashmir
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	Location o Azad Jammu an Kashmir (AJK)
	Coordinates: 34°13′N 73°17′E / 34.22°N 73.28°E
Kintra	Pakistan
Established	1948
Caipital	Muzaffarabad
Lairgest ceety	Mirpur
Govrenment
• Teep	Sel-govrenin state unner Pakistani control
• Bodi	Legislative Assembly
• President	Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan
• Prime Meenister	Chaudhry Abdul Majeed
Area
• Total	13,297 km2 (5,134 sq mi)
Population (2008; est.)
• Total	4,567,982
• Density	340/km2 (890/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PKT)
ISO 3166 code	PK-JK
Main Leid(s)	Urdu (offeecial); Pahari; Mirpuri; Gojri; Hindko; Punjabi; Pashto;
Assembly seats	49
Destricts	10
Touns	19
Union Cooncils	182
Website	www.ajk.gov.pk

Azad Jammu an Kashmir (Urdu: آزاد جموں و کشمیر‬‎, Azaad Jammu o- Kashmir, literally Free Jammu an Kashmir ; AJK) or Azad Kashmir (literally Free Kashmir) for short, is the soothmaist poleetical entity athin the Pakistani-admeenistered pairt o the umwhile princely state o Jammu an Kashmir. It borders the present-day Indie-controlled state o Jammu an Kashmir tae the east (separatit frae it bi the Line o Control), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa tae the wast, Gilgit-Baltistan tae the north, an the Punjab province tae the sooth. Wi its caipital at Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir covers an aurie o 13,297 square kilometre (5,134 sq mi) an haes an estimatit population o aboot foer million. Azad Kashmir an Gilgit-Baltistan thegether constitute the distputit^[2] region, referred tae as Pakistan-admeenistered Kashmir bi the Unitit Naitions^[3]^[4] an ither internaitional organisations, an as Pakistan-occupeed Kashmir in Indie^[5] in contrast tae the name Indie-occupeed Kashmir which is gien tae the Indie admeenistered Jammu an Kashmir bi Pakistan. The territories hae been unner control o the twa kintras syne the first Kashmir war efter which Azad Kashmir wis successfully captured frae the princely state bi the rebellin militias wi the help o Pakistan Airmy.

*State symbols of Azad Jammu and Kashmir*
State ainimal
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State tree
State flouer
State sport

References

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↑ PoK students want seats in IIM/IITs Rediff.com, 2006-05-23
↑ Afghans in Pakistan: documenting a population on the move - UNHCR
↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 20 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 22 Februar 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ http://www.sify.com/news/china-has-major-presence-in-pakistan-occupied-kashmir-gilgit-activist-news-international-kjcnubijjdc.html

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[rediff1-2] PoK students want seats in IIM/IITs Rediff.com, 2006-05-23

[3] Afghans in Pakistan: documenting a population on the move - UNHCR

[4] "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 20 Mairch 2012. Retrieved 22 Februar 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[5] ttp://www.sify.com/news/china-has-major-presence-in-pakistan-occupied-kashmir-gilgit-activist-news-international-kjcnubijjdc.html

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v t e Provinces an admeenistrative units o Pakistan
Provinces	Balochistan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh
Territories	Islamabad Caipital Territory Federally Admeenistered Tribal Auries
Kashmir	Azad Kashmir Gilgit-Baltistan
Relatit page: Umwhile admeenistrative units o Pakistan