Garhi Habibullah | |
Other Name: | Upper Pakhli |
Settlement Type: | Union council and town |
Pushpin Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Mansehra District |
Subdivision Type3: | Tehsil Balakot |
Subdivision Type4: | District Mansehra, Khyber Pakhtonkhwa |
Government Type: | Mayor |
Coordinates: | 34.4014°N 73.3803°W |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | +5 |
Area Code: | 0997 |
Official Name: | Garhi Habibullah |
Garhi Habibullah is a town and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[1] It is located in Balakot Tehsil and lies to the east of district capital Mansehra, towards the Kashmir frontier (near to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir). It was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.[2]
Garhi Habibullah is basically divided into 5 separate Khanates. 1) Khanate of Samundar Khan Khankhail Swati, Khanate of Habib Khan Jehangiri Swati, Khanate of Ameen Khan Jehangiri Swati, Khanate of Hassan Ali Khan Arghushal Swati and Khanate of Behram Khan Sarkheli Swati.[3] [4]
According to 1872 division of Hazara District, Garhi Habib Khan was divided among 5 families into 5 Hundis/Jageers.[5]
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