Margalla Hills

Pakistan / Federal Capital Area / Islamabad /
 mountain, park, mountain range
The Margalla Hills — also called the Margalla Mountain Range, is a hill range part of the lesser Himalayas located north of Islamabad, Pakistan. Margalla Range has an area of 12,605 hectares. The hills are a part of Murree hills. It is a range with many valleys as well as high mountains.The hill range nestles between an elevation of 685 meters at the western end and 1,604 meters on its east with average height of 1000 meters. Its highest peak is Tilla Charouni. The range gets snowfall in winters.

On 6 January 2012, after almost six years, Pir Sohawa, the city’s highest tourist spot, received few inches of snowfall.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margalla_Hills
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Coordinates:   33°44'40"N   73°0'40"E
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