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 Sunni Islam.

Mirpur نوا میرپور شہر‎ Navā Mīrpur Shèher (New Mirpur City)
View of Mirpur city with the Mangla Dam in the background
Coordinates: 32°58′29″N 74°04′23″E
Administering country	Pakistan
Dependent Territory	Azad Kashmir
District	Mirpur District
Government
• MLA	Raja Rahman Hussein
• Deputy Commissioner	Raja Qaiser
• Assistant Commissioner	Anwar Chaudhry
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	27,636
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal code	10040
Dialling code	0092-05828
Website	Official Website