Azad Kashmir
region administered by Pakistan
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Summary
Azad Kashmir is a first-level administrative division[1]. It draws 6,453 Wikipedia views per month (first level administrative division category, ranking #4 of 10).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Pakistan[3]
- Head of government: Chaudhry Abdul Majeed[4]
- Instance of: disputed territory[5]
- Head of state: Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan[6]
- Capital: Muzaffarabad[7]
- Official language: Urdu[8], English[9]
- Shares border with: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[10]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Mirpur Division[11], Muzaffarabad Division[12], Poonch Division[13]
- Flag: flag of Azad Kashmir[14]
- Legislative body: Azad Jammu & Kashmir Legislative Assembly[15]
- Executive body: Azad Jammu and Kashmir Council[16]
- Part of: Pakistani-administered Kashmir[17]
- Commons category: Azad Kashmir[18]
- Located in time zone: UTC+05:00[19]
- Inception: October 24, 1947[20]
- Coordinate location: 33.938083333333, 73.764555555556[21]
- Official website: http://www.ajk.gov.pk/[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Azad Kashmir[23]
- Population: 4,567,982[24]
- Office held by head of government: Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir[25]
- Territory claimed by: India[26]
- Official name: آزاد جموں و کشمیر[27]
- Title: آزاد کشمیر[28]
- Native label: آزاد کشمیر[29]
- Office held by head of state: President of Azad Kashmir[30]
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Physical Characteristics
Azad Kashmir covers an area of 13,297[31].
Cultural Significance
Things named for Azad Kashmir include Pakistan[32], a sovereign state[33], in Pakistan[34], founded in 1947[35].
Why It Matters
Azad Kashmir has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]
Entities named for it include Pakistan[32], a sovereign state[33], in Pakistan[34], founded in 1947[35].