Bagh District
| Bagh | |
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| Town | |
Ganga choti, Bagh AJK
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 Bagh
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| Coordinates: 33°58′25″N 73°47′30″E / 33.9735°N 73.7918°ECoordinates: 33°58′25″N 73°47′30″E / 33.9735°N 73.7918°E | |
| Country |
 Pakistan
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| State | Azad Kashmir |
| Headquarters | Bagh |
| Elevation | 1,038 m (3,406 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 351,000 (1,998) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| Time zone | PST |
Bagh District (Urdu: ضلع باغ ) is one of the Ten districts of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. The district, which had been part of Poonch District, was created in 1988. The district is bounded by Muzaffarabad District to the north, Poonch district to the south, and Poonch district of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the east; it is bounded by the Punjab, Rawalpindi District and Abbottabad District of Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province to the west. The total area of the district is 1,368 square kilometers. Bagh District is linked to Muzaffarabad by two roads, one via Sudhan Gali (80 km) and the other through Kohala (97 km). It is situated 46 km from Rawalakot. The district's headquarters is located at Bagh. It is said that a bagh (garden) was set up by the landowner where the premises of the Forest Department are now located. As a result, the area that is now the district headquarters was named “Bagh”.
There is an archaeological site located in Bagh called Bagh Fort.
Prior to 1947, Bagh was a tehsil in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. During the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947, part of the Poonch district came under Indian control. The remaining part became part of Azad Kashmir.
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