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Coordinates: 33°47′50″N 73°38′09″E / 33.797301°N 73.635772°E / 33.797301; 73.635772
Country	Kashmir
Territory	Azad Kashmir
District	Sudhnoti District
Area
• Total	1,010 km (390 sq mi)
Elevation	1,400 m (4,500 ft)
Population
• Total	297,584 (Sudhnoti District population including the village Mong Azad Kashmir)
• Density	375/km (970/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Calling code	05827
Number of Villages	7
Number of Union councils	3, (Mong, Patan Shar Khan, and Dhingroon Kanchri)

Mong (also called Mang) is a town in Sudhnoti District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

Geography

Mong consists of 7 villages and 2 union councils: Mong and Patan Sher Khan.

Mong is well connected by roads to major cities of Kashmir and Pakistan. Mong is connected to Pallandri, Rawalakot, Thorar. Daily buses carry passengers inter-state as well as within the city. The nearest major airport is located at Rawalakot which isn't operational so nearest is Islamabad International Airport.

History

Mong is a stronghold of the Sudhan tribe, and served important roles as a fortress in the 1837 Poonch Revolt and as a base of operations in the 1947 Poonch Revolt.

In the 1837 Poonch Revolt, the Sudhans resisted Gulab Singh and Sikh forces from the fortress of Mong, where a deadly battle was fought until its capture by a prolonged assault.

Education

Mong has several schools and a campus of the University of Poonch.

Notable people

• Khan of Mong Captain Khan Muhammad Khan, guerrilla leader in the First Kashmir War.

References

1. "Sudhnoti District population including the village Mong, Azad Kashmir per 2017 census". Citypopulation.de website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
2. Mong, Azad Kashmir on Google Maps website
3. ^ Saraf, Muhammad Yusuf (1977). Kashmiris Fight for Freedom: 1819-1946 (PDF). University of California: Ferozsons. pp. 85–89.
4. Snedden, Christopher. "The forgotten Poonch uprising of 1947". India-seminar.
5. Effendi, Col. M. Y. (2007), Punjab Cavalry: Evolution, Role, Organisation and Tactical Doctrine 11 Cavalry, Frontier Force, 1849-1971, Karachi: Oxford University Press, pp. 157–160, ISBN 978-0-19-547203-5

v t e Tehsils of Azad Jammu and Kashmir
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Muzaffarabad	Jhelum Valley District Hattian Bala Chikkar Leepa Muzaffarabad Muzaffarabad Patehka (Nasirabad) Garhi Dopatta Neelum Valley Athmuqam Sharda
Poonch	Bagh Bagh Dhirkot Hari Gehal Haveli Haveli (Forward Kahuta) Khurshid Abad Mumtazabad Poonch Abbaspur Hajira Rawalakot Thorar Sudhnoti Baloch Mang Pallandri Tarar Khel

• Populated places in Sudhanoti District
• Tehsils of Sudhanoti District