Dowarian | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Azad Kashmir |
Coordinates: | 34.7251°N 74.0021°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Azad Kashmir |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Neelum |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation: | 1615abbr=offNaNabbr=off |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Urdu |
Demographics1 Title2: | Local |
Demographics1 Info2: | Kashmiri |
Timezone1: | PST |
Dowarian (Urdu: دواریاں) is a village in Neelum Valley, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 106km (66miles) from Muzaffarabad and 22km (14miles) from Athmuqam on the bank of Neelum River at the altitude of 1615m (5,299feet).[1]
Dowarian is accessible by Neelum road from Muzaffarabad. A rest house of AJK Tourism and Archeology Department is located here for tourists to stay. It is the base camp to Ratti Gali Lake. Dowarian is located at the merger of river Neelam and Ratti Gali water stream. There are tourism and forest rest houses. The village is full of spring waters, high green mountains and plants. Walnuts, mulberries, Cherries and apples are produced in the village. A secondary school was established in 1972 and it was promoted to higher secondary in 2016, and there are multiple other schools engaged in the provision of education to the masses. Girls High School Dowarian was destroyed in the flood of 2010 and has not been re-constructed yet. The village also has a Civil Dispensary run by the government of AJK, Pakistan.