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Discover Chikri in Pakistan

Chikri in the region of Azad Kashmir is a town located in Pakistan - some 55 mi or ( 88 km ) North-East of Islamabad , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Chikri

Local time in Chikri is now 05:14 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Karachi " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Jalalabad, Rawlakot, Sirig Chinari, Rawalpindi, and Peshawar. When in this area, you might want to check out Jalalabad . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Chikri ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Neelam Valley ; view of titwal villege maqbooza jamu kashmir india ,,, by Asif Mughal

1:22 min by babuasif75
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Tragedy on Mountains - Nusrat Fate Ali Khan

8:11 min by armanzidan
Views: 846 Rating: 5.00

Videos shot immediately after Oct 2005 earthquake in Pakistan/Kashmir. ..


chitral survey 2

1:47 min by waqas ali
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Survey at chitral ..

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Interesting facts about this location

Muzaffarabad District

Muzaffarabad district, of POK is located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers, and is very hilly. The district is bounded to Pakistan in the west and to Kupwara and Baramulla districts that comes under the Kashmir section which is part of the greater dispute between India and Pakistan. To the north is Neelum District; the fall on the northeast of the district and Bagh District forms the southern boundary. The total area of the district is 6,117 square kilometres.

More reading: Wikipedia Article
Located at 34.32 73.65 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Muzaffarabad District

Batnara

Batnara is a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°22'25N 73°40'0E with an altitude of 2093 metres (6870 feet).

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Located at 34.37 73.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 10 km away
Tags: Populated places in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant

The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant is part of an under construction run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River. The power station is located in Azad Kashmir, 22 km south of Muzaffarabad and will have an installed capacity of 969 MW. Construction on the project began in 2008 after a Chinese consortium was awarded the construction contract in July 2007. The project is expected to be complete in 2016.

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Located at 34.39 73.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Dam controversies, Dams in Pakistan, Dams under construction, Hydroelectric power stations in Pakistan, Proposed hydroelectric power stations, Run-of-the-river power stations

Sirikot

Sirikot, The word "Siri-Kot",is composed of two words {1} siri:means-TOP and {2} kot:means-VILLAGE,so in this way the meaning of siri-kot comes out to"VILLAGE at TOP" or "HILLS TOP VILLAGE",and this meaning is also in accordance with on ground physical location of the said village. To further elaborate we can take the example of village "BAZI SIR"situated next to Siri-kot in its southwest direction. "Bazi SIR" is also a Mashwani tribe village which is included in the Union Council Kundi.

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Located at 34.17 73.72 (Lat./Long.); Less than 14 km away
Tags: Union councils of Haripur District

Subri Lake

Subri Lake, also known as Langarpura Lake, is located 10 km Southeast of Muzaffarabad in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. The lake is form where the Jhelum River widens.

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Located at 34.32 73.52 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
Tags: Lakes of Azad Kashmir