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Kashmir
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कॅशीर / کٔشِیر
कश्मीर کشمیر 克什米尔 |
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| कश्मीरी - (كشميري) |
कॅशीर, کٔشِیر - प्रानि ज़मान॒ ओस अथ नाव सतीसर. |
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कशीर (कश्मीर) प्रानि ज़मान॒ ओस अथ नाव सतीसर. |
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克什米尔 |
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Kashmir - State of Jammu and Kashmir (India) - Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) - Northern Areas (Pakistan ruled) - Aksai Chin (part of China)
Kashmir is a Himalayan region the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, North of Pakistan. Historically the term Kashmir was used to refer to the valley lying between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal range. Today Kashmir refers to a much larger area that includes the regions of Kashmir valley and Jammu that is divided between Pakistan and India and Ladakh. The region is divided among three countries in a bitter territorial dispute: ► Pakistan administers the (Northern Areas and Azad Jammu and Kashmir) in the northwest portion, ► India administers the central, southern and eastern portions and Ladakh, and the ► People's Republic of China occupies the northeastern portion (Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract). India controls the majority of the Siachen Glacier (higher peaks) since 1984, whereas Pakistan controls the lower peaks. It borders in China ► Xinjiang and ► Tibet.
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| Short name |
Kashmir |
| Official name |
State of Jammu and Kashmir (India) - Azad Kashmir (Pakistan Occupied Kashmir) - Northern Areas (Pakistan ruled) - Aksai Chin (part of China) |
| Status |
Disputed region between ► Pakistan, ► India and ► China since 1947 |
| Location |
South-central Asia |
| Capital |
Jammu (Indian part), Muzaffarabad (Pakistan) |
| Population |
circa 15 million inhabitants |
| Area |
222,236 km² |
| Major languages |
Kashmiri, Persianized Urdu and Hindi (state scantioned) |
| Major religions |
Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism |
| More information |
Kashmir, Geography of Kashmir, History of Kashmir and Politics of Kashmir |
| More images |
Kashmir - Kashmir (Category). |
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General maps
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Map of divided Kashmir |
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Divided Kashmir |
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Kashmir |
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Map of Kashmir |
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Kashmir standoff |
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map (2004) |
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Indian Kashmir |
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Aksai Chin |
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Former state of Hunza |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Kashmir, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Kashmir.
- See Atlas of India and Atlas of Pakistan
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Historical Pakistan until 1971 |
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Historical Pakistan until 1971 |
Notes and references
General remarks:
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- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
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