List of districts in Azad Kashmir

Azad Kashmir is a dependent territory of Pakistan. It has 10 first-order administrative divisions called "districts," and each district is divided into tehsils. Geographically, the northern districts of Azad Kashmir encompass the lower part of the Himalayas. The southern districts of Azad Kashmir, which consist of the Bhimber, Kotli, and Mirpur districts have extremely hot weather in the summer and moderately cold weather in the winter. Azad Kashmir receives rainfall in both the winter and summer seasons, with Muzaffarabad being among the wettest areas of Azad Kashmir. The culture in the northern districts is similar to that of the people of Gilgit-Baltistan, where Balti, Gujari and other languages are spoken. In the central districts like Poonch, etc., the Hindko and Gujari languages are spoken, and in the southern districts, the culture of the people is similar to that of the Potoharis.

Districts of Azad Kashmir
Map of the districts of Azad Kashmir
Location	Azad Kashmir
Number	10 (as of as of 2021)
Populations	152,124 (Haveli District) – 650,370 (Muzaffarabad District)
Areas	569 square kilometres (220 sq mi) (Sudhnati District) – 3,621 square kilometres (1,398 sq mi) (Neelum District)
Government	District Government City District Government Zilla Council
Subdivisions	Tehsils

List of Districts

Map	Sr. No.	District	Headquarters	Area (km2)	Population (2017)	Density (people/km2)
	1	Muzaffarabad	Muzaffarabad	1,642	650,370	396
	2	Hattian Bala	Hattian Bala	854	230,529	270
	3	Neelam Valley	Athmuqam	3,621	191,251	53
	4	Mirpur	Mirpur	1,010	456,200	452
	5	Bhimber	Bhimber	1,516	420,624	277
	6	Kotli	Kotli	1,862	774,194	416
	7	Poonch	Rawalakot	855	500,571	585
	8	Bagh	Bagh	770	371,919	483
	9	Haveli	Forward Kahuta	598	152,124	254
	10	Sudhanoti	Pallandari	569	297,584	523
		Total		13,297	4,045,367

See also

• List of tehsils of Azad Kashmir

References

||Haveli :Districts of Pakistan||