Poonch District

Poonch district or Punch district is a district of the Indian-administered in the region. With headquarters in the , it is bounded by the Line of Control on three sides.
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  • Type: district of India with 477,000 residents
  • Description: district of Jammu and Kashmir, India
  • Also known as: Poonch”, “Poonch district”, “Poonch district, India”, and “Punch district

Poonch District

Latitude
33.7018° or 33° 42′ 6″ north
Longitude
74.1992° or 74° 11′ 57″ east
Population
477,000
Elevation
2,007 metres (6,585 feet)
Abbreviation
“PNC”
Open location code
8J5PP52X+PM
Geo­Names ID
9747990
Wiki­data ID
Q2983134
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Poonch District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: بونتش
  • Arabic: بونش
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بونتش
  • Arabic: مقاطعة بونش
  • Asturian: distritu de Poonch
  • Asturian: Poonch (distritu)
  • Asturian: Poonch
  • Basque: Poonch barrutia
  • Bengali: পুঞ্চ জেলা, ভারত
  • Bengali: পুঞ্চ জেলা
  • Bhojpuri: पुंछ जिला
  • Cebuano: Punch
  • Chinese: Poonch
  • Chinese: 旁切縣
  • Chinese: 本傑縣
  • Chinese: 本杰县
  • Dutch: Poonch
  • Egyptian Arabic: مقاطعه بونش
  • French: district de Poonch
  • French: District de Poonch
  • German: Poonch
  • German: Punch (Indien)
  • German: Punch
  • Gujarati: પુંચ જિલ્લો
  • Gujarati: પૂંચ જિલ્લો
  • Hebrew: פונץ‘
  • Hindi: पुंछ जिला
  • Hindi: पुंछ ज़िला
  • Hindi: पुंछ
  • Italian: distretto di Poonch
  • Italian: Distretto di Poonch
  • Japanese: プーンチ県
  • Japanese: プンチ地区
  • Kashmiri: پُرٛوٗنٛژھ ضِلہٕ، ہِندوستان
  • Kashmiri: پُرٛوٗنٛژھ ضِلہٕ
  • Kashmiri: پونچھ ضِلہٕ
  • Malayalam: പൂഞ്ച് ജില്ല, ഇന്ത്യ
  • Marathi: पूंच जिल्हा
  • Marathi: पूंछ जिल्हा
  • Min Nan Chinese: Poonch
  • Nepali: पुंछ जिल्ला
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Poonch
  • Norwegian: Poonch
  • Persian: بخش پونچ (هند)
  • Persian: بخش پونچ
  • Russian: Пунч
  • Santali: ᱯᱩᱸᱪᱷ ᱦᱚᱱᱚᱛ
  • Spanish: Distrito de Punch
  • Swedish: Punch
  • Tamil: பூஞ்ச் மாவட்டம், இந்தியா
  • Tamil: பூஞ்ச் மாவட்டம்
  • Telugu: పూంచ్ జిల్లా
  • Urdu: پونچھ
  • Urdu: ضلع پونچھ، بھارت
  • Urdu: ضلع پونچھ‎
  • Vietnamese: Poonch
  • Western Panjabi: پونچھ
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع پُنچھ
  • Western Panjabi: ضلع پونچھ
  • पुंछ जिला

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