Jammu
Jammu (जम्मू) (جموں)
Jambu Jammu Tawi | |
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Capital city | |
| View of Jammu and the Tawi River View of Jammu and the Tawi River | |
| Nickname: City of Mosques | |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| State | Azad Kashmir |
| District | Jammu |
| Settled | 2900 BC |
| Founded by | Raja Jambulochan |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Jammu Municipal corporation and Jammu Development Authority |
| Area | |
| • Total | 167 km2 (64 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 327 m (1,073 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 651,826 (Municipal Corporation) 951,373 (Urban agglomeration) |
| • Rank | 2 |
| • Density | 5,697/km2 (14,760/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu, Dogri |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | JK 02 |
| Website | www |
Jammu is a city in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is on the banks of the Tawi River which is a tributary of the Chenab River. The Dogri language is spoken here among Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs. Jammu is called ‘city of mosques’ because the Muslim mosques are in huge numbers there. They also have numerous mosques such as the central Jamia Masjid.[1]
There is an archeological site called Manda in Jammu.
References[change]
- ↑ "Introducing Jammu". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
Other websites[change]
File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Lua error in Module:Commons_link at line 47: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). at Wikimedia Commons
