Kashmir Valley

The Kashmir Valley, or more poetically the Vale of Kashmir, is a large valley in the and a part of in northern .
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in the Kashmir Valley is the summer capital of and the largest city in the region.

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is a city in , and the second largest city in the Kashmir Valley. Its district headquarters has the largest number of tourist spots in the Kashmir valley.

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is a city in the Kashmir Valley region of , . The city was earlier known as gateway of Kashmir, serving as the major distribution centre for goods arriving in Kashmir valley through the Jhelum valley cart road.

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is a city in the Kashmir Valley. It's a small place of 2–3 km, but you can spend a week there without getting bored.

is a city and notified area council in the district of Indian-administered in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located approximately 25 kilometres south of the summer capital of the state, .

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is a city of about 2,000 people in the Kashmir Valley. It is noted for lush green meadows and wildflowers in summer and endless snow fields during winter.

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is a town in the Baramula District of in . The river Jhelum flows through . The town is just 3km from the LOC, the sensitive, disputed border between India and Pakistan and militant/terrorist activity as well as security force activity is high due to this.

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or Sonmarg, the "Meadow of Gold", is a hill station at 2,730 m in . It is reached from the Sindh Valley and has snow-capped mountains for its backdrop against the sky.

Kashmir Valley

  • Type: Valley
  • Description: intermontane valley in Jammu and Kashmir, bounded on the southwest by the Pir Panjal Range and on the northeast by the main Himalayas
  • Also known as: “Happy Valley”, “Happy Valley of Kashmir”, “Vale of Kashmir”, and “Valley of Kashmir”
  • Location: , , ,
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Latitude of center
34.1° or 34° 6′ north
Longitude of center
74.75° or 74° 45′ east
Elevation
1,580 metres (5,184 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5624625026
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­valley
Geo­Names ID
1267578
Wiki­data ID
Q2361576
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kashmir Valley” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “وادي قشمير”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kəşmir vadisi”
  • Basque: “Kaxmirreko harana”
  • Basque: “Kaxmirreko Harana”
  • Belarusian: “Кашмірская даліна”
  • Bengali: “কাশ্মীর উপত্যকা”
  • Bengali: “ভূ স্বর্গ”
  • Bhojpuri: “कश्मीर घाटी”
  • Bhojpuri: “कश्मीर वादी”
  • Bhojpuri: “कश्मीर वैली”
  • Bhojpuri: “काश्मीर घाटी”
  • Bhojpuri: “वादी-ए-कश्मीर”
  • Bulgarian: “Кашмирска долина”
  • Catalan: “Vall del Caixmir”
  • Cebuano: “Vale of Kashmīr”
  • Chinese: “克什米尔河谷”
  • Chinese: “克什米尔谷”
  • Chinese: “克什米尔谷地”
  • Chinese: “克什米爾谷地”
  • Czech: “Kašmírské údolí”
  • Czech: “Šrínagarské údolí”
  • Dutch: “Kasjmir”
  • Dutch: “Kasjmirvallei”
  • Esperanto: “Kaŝmira Valo”
  • French: “vallée du Cachemire”
  • French: “Vallée du Cachemire”
  • French: “کشمِیر وادی”
  • French: “कश्मीर वादी”
  • German: “Kaschmir-Tal”
  • German: “Kaschmirtal”
  • Gujarati: “કાશ્મીર ખીણ”
  • Hausa: “Kwarin Kashmir”
  • Hebrew: “עמק קשמיר”
  • Hindi: “कश्मीर घाटी”
  • Hindi: “कश्मीर वैली”
  • Indonesian: “Lembah Kashmir”
  • Italian: “Valle del Kashmir”
  • Japanese: “カシミール峡谷”
  • Japanese: “カシミール渓谷”
  • Japanese: “カシミール盆地”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ ಕಣಿವೆ”
  • Kannada: “ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ ಕಣಿವೆಗಳು”
  • Kashmiri: “وادی کشمیٖر”
  • Kashmiri: “وادی کٔشیٖر”
  • Korean: “카슈미르 계곡”
  • Lithuanian: “Kašmyro slėnis”
  • Maithili: “कश्मीर उपत्यका”
  • Malay: “Lembah Kashmir”
  • Malayalam: “കശ്മീർ താഴ്‌വര”
  • Marathi: “काश्मीर खोरे”
  • Nepali: “कश्मीर उपत्यका”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kashmir-dalen”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kashmirdalen”
  • Norwegian: “Kashmirdalen”
  • Ossetian: “Кашмиры тæрф”
  • Panjabi: “ਕਸ਼ਮੀਰ ਘਾਟੀ”
  • Persian: “دره کشمیر”
  • Polish: “Dolina Kaszmirska”
  • Polish: “Kotlina Kaszmirska”
  • Portuguese: “Vale de Caxemira”
  • Russian: “Кашмирская долина”
  • Slovenian: “Kašmirska dolina”
  • Spanish: “Valle de Cachemira”
  • Swedish: “Kashmirdalen”
  • Tajik: “Водии Кашмир”
  • Tamil: “காஷ்மீர் பள்ளத்தாக்கு”
  • Telugu: “కాశ్మీరు విభాగం”
  • Tulu: “ಕಾಶ್ಮೀರ ಕಣಿವೆ”
  • Turkish: “Keşmir Vadisi”
  • Ukrainian: “Кашмірська долина”
  • Urdu: “وادی کشمیر”
  • Uzbek: “Kashmir vodiysi”
  • Uzbek: “Kashmir Vodiysi”
  • Western Panjabi: “کشمیر وادی”
  • “काश्मीर घाटी”

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