Kupwara

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BACKGROUND

           District Kupwara was originally part of erstwhile undivided district Baramulla. District Kupwara was carved out of district Baramulla in July 1979. Kupwara town was chosen as district headquarter. The district consists of three tehsils  namely,  Kupwara, Handwara and Karnah.

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BOUNDARIES

                         This lovely district is located in the extreme north-west of Kashmir valley. Its northern and western borders form the line of control between India and Pakistan and eastern and southern borders touch Sopore, Bandipore and Baramulla Tehsils. Famous river Kishan Ganga separates Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Jammu and Kashmir in Machil, Keran and Teetwal areas.

                        People of this district have a painful experience of partition of India and unnatural division of the state . There are numerous examples whereby the LOC  separates brothers from sisters, sons from mothers, wives from husbands and kiths and kin's. The trauma of the separation is still very painful.

                                                                         LOCATION

                        The district is located between 34.17 to 34.21 East latitude and 73.10 to 73.16 north longitude.