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Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory in northern . It is a mountainous region of great beauty and diversity offering much in the way of outdoor activities and sights for the tourist.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Srinagar and Jammu.

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in the is the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir and the largest city in the region.

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is the largest city in the in . It is the winter capital of and Kashmir, sitting at a low elevation in the mainly mountainous state; , the state's summer capital, is at a much higher elevation.

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is a city in , and the second largest city in . It is the only city with its District Headquarter having the largest number of tourist spots in Kashmir valley.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Kashmir Valley and Jammu Division.

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The , or more poetically the Vale of Kashmir, is a large valley in the and a part of Jammu and Kashmir in northern .

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Jammu is a hilly region of Jammu and Kashmir in northern . Home to some of the most revered Hindu shrines, such as Vaishno Devi in , Jammu is a major pilgrimage centre for Hindus from India.
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Jammu and Kashmir

Latitude of center
33.6649° or 33° 39′ 54″ north
Longitude of center
75.163° or 75° 9′ 47″ east
Population
12,300,000
Open­Street­Map ID
node 6960120087
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Wiki­data ID
Q66278313
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Jammu and Kashmir” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Xhamu dhe Kashmiri (territori i bashkimit)”
  • Albanian: “Xhamu dhe Kashmiri”
  • Arabic: “إقليم جمون وكشمير”
  • Arabic: “جامو وكشمير (ولاية)”
  • Arabic: “جمون وكشمير”
  • Armenian: “Հնդկաստանի միության տարածք”
  • Armenian: “Ջամմու և Քաշմիր”
  • Awadhi: “जम्मू अउर कश्मीर”
  • Balinese: “Jammu miwah Kashmir (wawidangan pasikian)”
  • Balinese: “Jammu miwah Kashmir”
  • Basque: “Jammu eta Kaxmir”
  • Basque: “Jamnu eta Kaxmir”
  • Belarusian: “Джаму і Кашмір”
  • Bengali: “জম্মু ও কাশ্মীর”
  • Bhojpuri: “जम्मू-काश्मीर”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаму и Кашмир (съюзна територия)”
  • Bulgarian: “Джаму и Кашмир”
  • Burmese: “ဂျမ်မူး နှင့် ကက်ရှမီးယားပြည်နယ်”
  • Catalan: “Jammu i Caixmir”
  • Central Kurdish: “جامو و کەشمیر”
  • Chinese: “Jammu kap Kashmir”
  • Chinese: “查谟和克什米尔”
  • Chinese: “查謨-喀什米爾”
  • Chinese: “查謨和克什米爾”
  • Chinese: “查謨與喀什米爾”
  • Czech: “Džammú a Kašmír”
  • Danish: “Jammu og Kashmir”
  • Dutch: “Jammu en Kashmir”
  • Dutch: “Jammu en Kasjmir”
  • Esperanto: “Ĝamuo kaj Kaŝmiro”
  • Finnish: “Jammu ja Kashmir”
  • French: “Jammu-et-Cachemire”
  • Georgian: “ჯამუ და ქაშმირი”
  • German: “Jammu und Kashmir”
  • Greek: “Τζαμού και Κασμίρ”
  • Hebrew: “ג’אמו וקשמיר (מדינה)”
  • Hebrew: “ג’אמו וקשמיר”
  • Hindi: “जम्मू और कश्मीर”
  • Hungarian: “Dzsammu és Kasmír”
  • Indonesian: “J&K”
  • Indonesian: “Jammu dan Kashmir”
  • Indonesian: “Jammu Kashmir”
  • Indonesian: “Jammu–Kashmir”
  • Indonesian: “JK”
  • Irish: “Jammu agus an Chaismír (críoch aontais)”
  • Irish: “Jammu agus an Chaismír”
  • Italian: “Jammu e Kashmir”
  • Japanese: “ジャンムー・カシミール”
  • Japanese: “ジャンムー・カシミール連邦直轄領”
  • Kashmiri: “جۆم تہٕ کٔشیٖر (مَرکَزی عَلاقہٕ)”
  • Kashmiri: “جۆم تہٕ کٔشیٖر”
  • Korean: “잠무 카슈미르”
  • Korean: “쟘무 및 카슈미르주”
  • Latin: “Jammu et Casmiria”
  • Latvian: “Džammu un Kašmīra”
  • Lithuanian: “Džamu ir Kašmyras”
  • Malayalam: “ജമ്മു-കശ്മീർ”
  • Malayalam: “ജമ്മു-കാശ്മീർ”
  • Marathi: “जम्मू आणि काश्मीर (केंद्र शासित प्रदेश)”
  • Marathi: “जम्मू आणि काश्मीर”
  • Mazanderani: “جامو و کشمیر”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Jammu kap Kashmir”
  • Nepali: “जम्मु र कश्मीर”
  • Northern Frisian: “Jammu an Kaschmir”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Jammu og Kashmir”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jammu og Kashmir”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Jammu e Cashmir”
  • Ossetian: “Джамму æмæ Кашмир (цæдисон территори)”
  • Ossetian: “Джамму æмæ Кашмир”
  • Panjabi: “ਜੰਮੂ ਅਤੇ ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ”
  • Persian: “جامو و کشمیر”
  • Polish: “Dżammu i Kaszmir”
  • Portuguese: “Jammu e Caxemira”
  • Portuguese: “Jamu e Caxemira”
  • Romanian: “Jammu și Cașmir (teritoriu unional)”
  • Romanian: “Jammu și Cașmir”
  • Russian: “Джамму и Кашмир (союзная территория)”
  • Russian: “Джамму и Кашмир”
  • Sanskrit: “जम्मू कश्मीर”
  • Sanskrit: “जम्मू काश्मीरं च”
  • Sanskrit: “जम्मू-काश्मीरम्”
  • Sanskrit: “जम्मूकाश्मीरम्”
  • Santali: “ᱡᱟᱹᱢᱢᱩ ᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱹᱥᱢᱤᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Џаму и Кашмир”
  • Sinhala: “ජම්මු සහ කාශ්මීරය”
  • Slovak: “Džammú a Kašmír”
  • Slovenian: “Džamu in Kašmir”
  • Spanish: “Jammu y Cachemira”
  • Spanish: “Territorio de Jammu y Cachemira”
  • Swedish: “Jammu och Kashmir”
  • Tagalog: “Jammu at Kashmir (teritoryo ng unyon)”
  • Tagalog: “Jammu at Kashmir”
  • Tamil: “சம்மு காசுமீர்”
  • Tamil: “ஜம்மு காஷ்மீர்”
  • Telugu: “జమ్మూ కాశ్మీరు (కేంద్రపాలిత ప్రాంతం)”
  • Telugu: “జమ్మూ కాశ్మీరు”
  • Thai: “ชัมมูและกัศมีร์”
  • Thai: “รัฐชัมมูและกัศมีร์”
  • Turkish: “Cemmu ve Keşmir (birlik toprağı)”
  • Turkish: “Cemmu ve Keşmir”
  • Ukrainian: “Джамму та Кашмір”
  • Urdu: “جموں و کشمیر”
  • Urdu: “مقبوضہ کشمیر”
  • Venetian: “Jammu e Kashmir (teritorio)”
  • Venetian: “Jammu e Kashmir”
  • Vietnamese: “Jammu và Kashmir”
  • Western Panjabi: “جموں تے کشمیر”
  • Yue Chinese: “查謨-喀什米爾”
  • “जम्मू अउरी काश्मीर”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Jammu and Kashmir”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.