Chakothi ( ur, ; ) is a border village in the
Hattian Bala District
The Hattian Bala District ( ur, ) is one of the ten districts of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The district's headquarters is the town of Hattian Bala. Prior to 2009, the Hattian Bala District was a tehsil within Muzaffarabad District.
History
Before ...
of
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir (; ), abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entitySee:
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, Pakistan. It is located from
Muzaffarabad, near the
Line of Control
The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian and Pakistanicontrolled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serve ...
on the banks of the
Jhelum River.
Chakothi is the check post to
Muzaffarabad-Srinagar bus service for immigration and customs.
File:Road to Chakothi.jpg, Road to Chakothi
File:Jhelum Valley.jpg, River Jhelum
Jhelum ( Punjabi and ur, ) is a city on the east bank of the Jhelum River, which is located in the district of Jhelum in the north of Punjab province, Pakistan. It is the 44th largest city of Pakistan by population. Jhelum is known for p ...
near Chakothi
File:Chakothi Rural.jpg, Fields across river Jhelum near Chakothi
File:Chakothi Bazar.jpg, Main Bazar, Chakothi
File:Chakothi fields 2.jpg, Rustic Chakothi
File:Chakothi Town.jpg, Chakothi Town
References
Populated places in Jhelum Valley District
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