Official Name: | Bara Gali |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Coordinates: | 34.1°N 73.35°W |
Pushpin Map: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Abbottabad |
Elevation M: | 2350 |
Bara Gali is one of the mountain resort towns of the Galyat and Ayubia National Park, at an altitude of 2350m (7,710feet). It is located in the Abbottabad District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan.[1]
The town lies on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, is 15miles from Abbottabad, and 25miles from Murree.[2]
Bara Gali is the summer campus of the University of Peshawar.[3]
During British Rule, Bara Gali was a small cantonment that was occupied in the hot summer months by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at Rawalpindi in the winter.[2]