NOMENCLATURE OF KUPWARA

                         There is no written proof why the district headquarter is known as Kupwara. However there are some legends about it.

                               It is said there was a hut, constructed by somebody in the nearby jungle. It was known as Kopar ( hut in shambles) because accidents often took place there .Some times the  animals rolled down and sometimes these were killed by the wild beasts. The habitations was named after the same Kopar.

      Some elders say that the famous saint, Zaiti Shah Wali called the habitation  Ko-pore (people of bad reputation) because the children of this habitation used to throw stones on him when he passed through it

       Others say the famous Saint Syed Mohammad Gabi, whose tomb is in the heart of Kupwara, called it Kuferwari (the place of non-believers ). Later on he converted the people to Islam by his preachings, thus Kupwara is the modified and changed name of Ko-por or Kuferwari.

       However , it is mostly believed that there was a hut on the hill, in front of presently existing Higher Secondary School Kupwara known as koh-nar or the hut constructed in the jungle. The same hut has given it the name Kopore.