Golra
Golra Sharif is a town situated near the Margalla Hills in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan, at about 520 m above sea level, 17 km from the ancient city of Taxila.Photo: S1037, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Locality
- Description: town in Islamabad Capital Territory, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Golra Shareef” and “Golra Sharif”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Golra Sharif Railway Museum and Golra Sharif Junction.
Golra Sharif Railway Museum
Museum
Photo: Adnanrail, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Golra Sharif Railway Museum, also known as Pakistan Railways Heritage Museum, is a railway museum located near Sector F-13 of Islamabad, Pakistan. It is located at the Golra Sharif railway station, a junction station in the Rawalpindi Division of Pakistan… Golra Sharif Railway Museum is situated 4 km southwest of Golra.
Golra Sharif Junction
Railway station
Photo: Ihtisam hussain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Golra Sharif Junction Railway Station is located on Golra road in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is part of Pakistan Railways. The Golra Sharif Railway Museum is located at this station. Golra Sharif Junction is situated 4 km southwest of Golra.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tarnol and Islamabad.
Tarnol
Village
Photo: Pakieditor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tarnol is a small town and suburb located about 3 miles north-west of Islamabad. The primary languages of the area are Urdu, Western Punjabi and Pashto. Tarnol is situated 8 km southwest of Golra.
Islamabad
Photo: Mustafajp, CC BY-SA 3.0.
A modern planned city that is well-maintained and well-organised, Islamabad is Pakistan's clean, calm, and green capital. Founded in the 1960s, it attracts people from all over Pakistan, and hosts a large number of diplomats, politicians and government employees, making it one of the nation's most cosmopolitan and urbanized cities.
Jhangi Sayedan
Suburb
Jhangi Sayedan is a village and union council situated in the Islamabad Capital Territory of Pakistan. Its geographical coordinates are 33° 37' 32 North, 72° 57' 6 East. The village is named after the Sayyid tribe, who make up the majority of the population. Jhangi Sayedan is situated 9 km south of Golra.
Golra
- Categories: union council of Pakistan and town
- Location: Islamabad, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Golra” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Golra Sharif”
- Bengali: “গুলরা শরীফ”
- Urdu: “گولڑہ شريف”
- Urdu: “گولڑہ شریف”
- Urdu: “گولڑہ”
- Uzbek: “Golra Sharif”
- Western Panjabi: “گولڑہ شریف”
- Western Panjabi: “گولڑہ”
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