Mirpur, Azad Kashmir

Mirpur (Urdu: مِيرپُور) is a city in Pakistan administered Azad Kashmir, and the headquarter of Mirpur District and formerly the Mirpur Division. Officially, it is named New Mirpur City. Although it is now part of Azad Kashmir, up until the 1846 Treaty of Amritsar Mirpur was part of the Punjab region. The population are Pahari and the language they speak is Pothwari. Mirpur is located at the South West of Azad Kashmir at an elevation of 459 metres (1509 ft), not far from Islamgarh. It is 323 kilometres (200 miles) from Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir and 295 kilometres (183 miles) from Muzaffarabad. The city is 100% Muslim with all residents professing Islam.

Mirpur بھمبر‎ Navī Mīrpur Śeher (New Mirpur City)
Coordinates: 32°58′29″N 74°04′23″E
Administering country	Pakistan
Dependent Territory	Azad Kashmir
District	Mirpur District
Government
• MLA	Rahman Hussein
• Deputy Commissioner	Raja Qaiser
• Assistant Commissioner	Muhammed Samir
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	27,636
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	10040
Dialling code	0092-05828
Website	Official Website

References

1. "Statistical Year Book 2019" (PDF). Statistics Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2020.