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Mirpur, Azad Kashmir

Mirpur , officially known as New Mirpur City , is the capital of Mirpur district located in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan which has been subject of the larger Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India since 1947. 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, Birmingham, Luton, Peterborough, Derby and East London. Mirpur is thus sometimes known as “Little England”. Many British products are found, and many shops in the city accept the pound sterling.

The city itself has gone through a process of modernization, but most of the surrounding area relies on agriculture.

There are the following places of interest:

• Khari Sharif Darbar
• Mangla Dam
• Mangla Fort
• Ramkot Fort

• Khari Sharif Darbar Khari Sharif (كهڑي شريف) is an agricultural area between Mirpur and Jhelum of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. Broadly speaking, Alaqa-e-Khari (translation in English: Area of Khari) refers to the fertile plains of Khari which exist between the mountains of Mirpur and the river Jhelum. Khari has some 80 small and large villages and one of the villages itself is known as Khari Sharif. It is located at a distance of 8 km from the city of Mirpur, Azad Kashmir and is known for housing the shrines of Sufi saints known as Pir Shah Ghazi Qalandar Damri Wali Sarkar and Mian Muhammad Bakhsh.

• Mangla Dam The dam was constructed between 1961 and 1965 across the Jhelum River and Poonch River in the Mirpur District of Kashmir, about 108 kilometres (67 mi) southeast of the capital city of Islamabad. The Mangla Dam components include a reservoir, main embankment, intake embankment, main spillway, emergency spillway, intake structures, 5 tunnels, and a power station. Besides the main dam, a dyke called Sukian – 17,000 ft (5,200 m) in length and a small dam called Jari Dam to block the Jari Nala – about 11 mi (18 km) beyond the new Mirpur town had to be constructed.

The district is administratively subdivided into two tehsils:

• Dadyal Tehsil
• Mirpur Tehsil

Notable villages in the district include:

Dadyal Tehsil

Mirpur Tehsil