Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
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Mirpur (Potwari: مرپر; Urdu: ميرپور), officially known as New Mirpur City (Urdu: نیا میرپر شہر, romanized: nayā mīrpur shèhar), is the capital of Mirpur district located in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan which has been subject of the larger Kashmir dispute between Pakistan and India since 1947. It is the second largest city of Azad Kashmir and the 74th largest city in Pakistan.[4]
Mirpur
میرپور | |
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City | |
New Mirpur City | |
Nickname: Little England | |
Coordinates: 33°9′N 73°44′E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Territory | Azad Kashmir |
Division | Mirpur |
District | Mirpur |
Government | |
• Type | Municipal Corporation |
• Body | Mirpur Development Authority |
• Mayor | Usman Ali Khalid (PTI) |
• Deputy Mayor | Ramzan Chughtai (PTI) |
• Deputy Commissioner | Ch. Amjad Iqbal BPS-18(PAS) |
• District Police Officer | Raja Irfan Saleem BPS-18(PSP) |
Elevation | 458 m (1,503 ft) |
Population | |
• City | 124,352 |
• Rank | 74th, Pakistan |
Languages | |
• Official | Urdu[2][3][note 1] |
• Spoken | |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PKT) |
Calling code | 05827 |
Number of Tehsils | 3 |
Number of Union councils | 21 |
A significant portion of the population from the district, the Mirpuri diaspora, migrated to the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1950s and in the early 1960s, mostly to West Yorkshire, East and West Midlands, Birmingham, Luton, Peterborough, Derby and East London. Mirpur is thus sometimes known as "Little England".[5] Many British products are found, and many shops in the city accept the pound sterling.[6]
The city itself has gone through a process of modernization, but most of the surrounding area relies on agriculture.