Sudhanoti District
Sudhanoti District
ضلع سدھنوتی | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
A view of Cadet College Pallandri in the Sudhanoti District | |
Interactive map of Sudhanoti district | |
A map showing Sudhanoti district shaded in Yellow along with Poonch district | |
| Coordinates (Pallandri Tehsil): 33°40′N 73°43′E / 33.667°N 73.717°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Poonch Division |
| Headquarters | Pallandri |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Total | 569 km2 (220 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 297,584 |
| • Density | 523/km2 (1,350/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken | Pahari (Poonchi), Gujari, Pothwari |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 4 |
| Website | sudhanoti.com |
Sudhanoti (also called Sudhnoti, Urdu: سدھنوتی) is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The Sudhanoti District is bounded on the north and east by the Poonch District, on the south by the Kotli District, and on the west by the Rawalpindi District of Pakistan's Punjab Province. It is located 90 kilometres (56 mi) from Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is connected with Rawalpindi and Islamabad via the Azad Pattan Road. Historically, the tehsil of Sudhanoti established during the Dogra period by Raja Moti Singh as part of the larger Poonch jagir included territories that are now part of the separate Poonch District. This included towns such as Rawalakot and Khaigala, which historically lay within the greater, pre-partition Sudhanoti region.
The district headquarters is the town of Pallandri. It lies at an elevation of 1,372 meters and is at a distance of 97 kilometers from Rawalpindi via the Azad Pattan Road. Pallandri is connected to Rawalakot by a 64-km metalled road.