Geographical Facts of The Jammu and Kashmir
- Location :- 32°.15' South latitude and 37°.05' North Latitude & 72°.35' west longitude and 83°.20' East longitude.
- Extent (Length) :- 640 km from North to South and 480 km from East to West.
- Area :- Total Area =222,236 sq.km
- Area Under POK :- 78,114 sq.km
- Area Under China :- 37,555 sq.km + 5,180 sq. km (Aksai Chin)
- Area remained in IOK :- 106,567 sq.km
- LOC (Line Of Control) (Area) :- 1001 km long (Jammu= 205 km , Kashmir = 460 km and Ladakh/Siachen = 336 km)
- Districts Under POK :- Dinner , Baltistan , Gilgit , Muzaffarabad , Kotil , Mirpur , Poonch and Bagh.
- Geographical Position :- Northern most part of India.
- Surrounding Areas :- East=Tibet ; Northern East = China ; North = Afghanistan ; West = Pakistan and South = India (States of Punjab and Himachal Pradesh)
- Altitude = 1000 ft to 28500 ft (305 meters to 9610 metres)
- Standard Time :- Indian Standard Time (5 hrs. 30 min. ahead of Greenwich Time).
- Administrative Regions :- Three (3) ; I) Jammu , II) Kashmir and III) Ladakh
- Physical Divisions :- Six (6) ; I) The Outer Plains , II) The Shivaliks , III) The Middle Himalayas , IV) The Valley of Kashmir , V) The Great Himalayas and VI) The Plateau of Ladakh.
- Outer Plains :- Alluvial Plains of Ravi,Tawi and Chenab Rivers.
- Shivaliks :- Small mountains of Jammu division .e g. Jammu City , Basoli , Ramkot , Sunderbani and Udhampur.
- Kandi :- Undulating slopes between Ravi and Chenab Rivers.
- Duns :- Longitudinal Valleys lying between Various Shivaliks hills. e.g. Basoli , Ramkot , Sunderbani and Udhampur.
- The Middle Himalayas :- Located between River Tawi in the East and Poonch in the West upto Muzaffarabad. e.g. Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. Vaishno Devi Cave on Trikuta Hills.
- The Karewas :- Wudars. e.g. Pampore
- The side Valley :- e.g. Sindh Valley , Daksum Valley , Liddar Valley etc.
- The Greater Himalayas :- Zanskar.e.g. Drass and Rangdom.
- Karakoram Range :- A mountain range. e.g. K2 (2nd highest peak in the world).
- Total Districts :- Twenty Two (22)
- Districts of Jammu :- Ten (10)
- Districts of Kashmir :- Ten (10)
- Districts of Ladakh :- Two (2)
- Jammu Division :- Includes Districts of Jammu (main) , Udhampur , Kathua , Doda , Rajouri , Poonch , Samba , Reasi , Ramban and Kishtwar.
- Jammu :- " City of Temples" ;
- Kashmir Division :- Includes Districts of Srinagar , Anantnag , Baramulla , Budgam , Kupwara , Pulwama , Bandipura , Ganderbal , Kulgam and Shopian.
- Ladakh Division "Land of Lamas" :- Includes Districts of Leh and Kargil.
- ( To be continued...)
