Bandala Valley

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Bandala is a valley in Azad Kashmir located about 26 kilometres from Bhimber in Pakistan. The valley stretches along the River Tawi in the east to the Samahni valley in the west and it is very close to the lone of control.The valley is about 10 kilometres long and about 1.5 kilometres wide.
Many birds and animals are found in the valley including peacocks, partridges, quail, birds of paradise, falcons and eagles. Tigers, hyenas, wolves, jackals, Foxes, pythons, monkeys, deer, stags and impalas are also found here due to it's remote location.
The entire valley of Samahni, is approximately 35 km long and 8 km wide, stretching from Chawlian to Behmla in the West. It is located 17km in the North of Bhimber City and 30km in the North-East of Mirpur.

The valley's inhabitants are simple, peace-loving and law abiding. Theft, burglary and violent crimes are very low which reflects the very nature of the general population in the Valley.
The majority of the households are in one way or another associated with agriculture, growing mainly wheat and maize crops. A large majority of the working population serve in different walks of life, including Armed Forces of Pakistan, some have also been attracted to foreign countries in search of a better future.

Samahni, the valley, has benefited from sub-division status since 1992, when Sardar Sikandar Hayat Khan the then Prime Minister of Azad-Jammu and Kashmir announced this long-overdue decision, making it 3rd sub-division of district Bhimber.
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandala
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Coordinates:   33°3'37"N   74°11'31"E

Comments

  • Bandala by any definiton is not a valley of its own,but it is an integral part of a bigger valley called "valley Samahni", which streches from east to west with Bandala being in the direction of the east and Poona in the west.So please brothers, do not confuse people by adding a new valley on Samahni's map.Otherwise there would be more valleys like Chowki valley, Bindi valley, Jandala valley,Poona valley and so on.By the way Dab and Soona are encircled and cut off from the main valley by the hills, thats why they are rightly called valleys.
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