| Hawal | |
| Native Name Lang: | Kashmiri |
| Nickname: | Downtown |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | India Jammu and Kashmir#India |
| Coordinates: | 34.1048°N 74.81°W |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  India |
| Subdivision Type1: | Union territory |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Srinagar |
| Government Type: | Government of Jammu and Kashmir |
| Governing Body: | Srinagar Municipal Corporation |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu, Dogri, English[1] [2] |
| Timezone1: | IST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal Code |
| Postal Code: | 190003 |
| Registration Plate: | JK01 |
Srinagar's one of the first cinemas Firdaus cinema is located here .
Hawal is known for Hari Parbat, Islamia College of Science and Commerce, Srinagar, among other places. It is also known for the 1990 Hawal massacre when the Indian Paramilitary forces fired on an unarmed funeral procession carrying the body of Mirwaiz Moulvi Farooq, a religious leader with machine guns from a camp near the Islamia College killing over 60 and injuring more than 200.[4]