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}}'''Kotli''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|کوٹلی}}}}) is the chief town of ], in ], a ] region of India. Kotli is linked with ] by two metalled roads, one via ], (90 km) and the other via ]. It is also directly linked with ] via ] (82 km) and a double road which links Kotli with the rest of India via ], another major town in Kashmir. Kotli is roughly a three hours drive from ] and ], at a distance of 117 km via Sehnsa. |
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| name = Kotli |
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| native_name = <br/>{{Nastaliq|کوٹلی}} |
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| image_skyline = Kotli from above.JPG |
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| image_blank_emblem = Flag of Azad Kashmir.svg |
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| map_caption = Location within ] |
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| pushpin_map = Azad Kashmir |
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| coordinates = {{coord|33|30|20|N|73|53|57|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}} |
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| subdivision_name1 = Kotli |
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| established_date = Mid 15th Century |
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| leader_title = Chief Commissioner |
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| population_footnotes =<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tiptopglobe.com/city?n=Kotli+Loharan&p=21462|title=City (town) Kotli Loharan: map, population, location|website=www.tiptopglobe.com}}</ref> |
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| population_total =774,194 |
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'''Kotli''' ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|کوٹلی}}}}) is the chief town of ], in ], a ] region of ]. Kotli is linked with ] by two metalled roads, one via ], (90 km) and the other via ]. It is also directly linked with ] via ] (82 km) and a double road which links Kotli with the rest of Pakistan via ], another major town in Azad Kashmir. Kotli is roughly a three hours drive from ] and ], at a distance of 117 km via Sehnsa. |
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== Modern Kotli == |
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== Modern Kotli == |
Notable places in Kotli to visit are Sarda Point, Tinda Rest-House, Hill kalaan, near river Gori Park, Roli Hills, Butt Fire and Peer Lasura (Nakyal). Today kotli is shaping itself in almost every field of life. Some notable places are Gulhar Colony, Khuiratta, Chowki Tinda, Kurti, Roli, Brali, Dhamol, Qumrooti, Khad Gujran and OLakar village of the late Nambardar Allah Ditta, Sarhota and Samror. The town has become a vision of three-storey mansions that have taken over the once-barren roads between the outer ring villages and the ever-expanding city sitting on the brim of the Poonch River. The most famous and notable buildings are the three Khan-Wali fortresses, Jame Masjid Ghosia Balyah and Tehsil Guest House (Some Great people used to stay there since it was built by Dogra rulers).
The main distinction to the city is Jamay Masjid Al-Firdous Gulhar. It is the religious centre of excellence and it centralizes more than seven hundred mosques all over the world, the most of which are in Azad Kashmir. Khawaja Muhammad Sadiq laid foundation of this system and now his son Mr. Haafiz Muhammad Zahid Sultani is supervising the system efficiently.
The mass emigration that took over the country in the 1960s has now created a steady boom of summer holiday makers from Britain and beyond who seek to reconnect their European-born children to the old country. Kotli has international links throughout Western Europe and North America. Like many Azad Kashmiris (Poonch valley — a region found in the Jammu part of Jammu and Kashmir) living in the fringes of the Mangla Dam in Mirpur, emigration fever took hold of the surrounding country from the mid 1950s onwards.
Kotli has ties with many European cities such as Amsterdam, Hamburg and especially the larger industrial cities of northern and central England. Many Kotli city residents have ties to British nationals in the city of Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds, Bradford, Luton, Bedford, Watford and Birmingham. Kotli is also known as the city of mosques due to the fact that there are more than three hundred mosques in Kotli.
Famous Pakistani Leading Brand Firdous cloth Mills open its Outlet in Kotli. Firdous is famous for its lawn.
In November 1947, the Indian Army reached Kotli and evacuated the garrisons of the town. The Pakistani Army along with the local population and aided by the tribesmen of the North West Frontier Province arrived and counter-attacked, forcing the Indian Army to abandon it. Kotli has been under Pakistani administration since.
Tehsils of Azad Jammu and Kashmir