Neelum valley is one
of the beautiful places of Azad Kashmir and it’s named after the river which
has curves like snake and has blue color. It is also called as the “PARASIDE OF
KASHMIR”. There is a contradiction that this valley was named after a precious
stone called Neelum. Neelum Valley is located in the Kashmir Region and to the
North & the North East of Muzaffarabad and running parallel to the Kaghan
Valley.
It mostly contains
hills and mountains with great valleys. The valley has thick forest, streams
and rivers. This valley is dipped in most amazing beauty and attracts lots of
tourists from within the country and other foreign countries as well.
This land also has
many local fruits which are of great taste including Apples, Apricots, Walnuts
and Plums which are famous. A large number of tourists visit it in summers. The
whole valley gives fascinating and beautiful scenery. There is also a mountain
“SARWALI” (6326 meters) which is one of the highest mountains in Azad Kashmir.
The valley include lush green forests and high altitude lakes makes the
surrounding heavenly and it is like a dream come true for the people who visit
Some of its famous
places like Shounter Pass, Chita Khata, Ratti Gali, Baboon, Noori Top, Sharda,
Kel, Surgon and many more are mentioned by famous tourists like Mustansar
Hussain Tararr etc. Tararr even wrote a travelogue on after visiting there. The
three rivers present in this area are Jhelum, Neelum and Poonch.
The people of
districts Kotli,Mirpur & Bhimber, are simple, truthful and deeply attached
to their land. The culture of this area resembles to that of the adjoining area
of Punjab. People here mostly follow the culture which quite resemble to that
of Punjab
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