Dunga Gali is one of the towns of the Galyat area of Ayubia National Park, at an altitude of 2,500 metres (8,200 ft) in northern Pakistan.[1] Dunga Gali is located in Nathia Gali Union Council (subdivision) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.[2] It is 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from Nathia Gali[3] Dunga Gali is part of the NA-18, Abbottabad-II constituency.[4] and 34 km from the district capital Abbottabad.[5]
The Himalayan poplar grows in this region along with aesculus indica, Prunus cornuta, and Juglans regia,[6] thousands of tourists trek and hike in Dunga Gali every year.[7] During the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 tourism had stopped but in May 2021 tourists once again returned to the area.[8]
The Haro River originates from the southern slopes of the Dunga Gali range, branching into two main tributaries: the eastern stream, known as Dhund, and the western, called Karral Haro, these two converge and flow into Haripur District.[9] To the south of Dunga Gali lies the Dunga Gali Fault this is a geological fault that forms part of the tectonics of the Himalayan orogeny, where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate.[10]
History
During British Rule, Dunga Gali served as a sanatorium to British soldiers and contained a hotel, church and a post office. The area was also visited by Europeans, who also had houses on the southern slopes of the nearby Mukeshpuri Mountains.[11] The Dunga Gali range (which is the highlands around the hill station) formed Abbottabad's eastern boundary with the princely state of Kashmir.[12]
See also
References
- ^ Dunga Gali - Salam Pakistan
- ^ "Dunga Gali". Faridbinmasood.wordpress.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ "Distance from Nathia Gali". Nathiagali.com. Retrieved 20 June 2018.
- ^ Election Commission of Pakistan
- ^ Distance of Abbottabad City from various Cities of Pakistan
- ^ SOME FOSSIL LEAVES OF THE SALICACElE FROM NINGAL NULLAH AND LAREDURA, PIR PANJAL, WITH A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPERATE SPECIES IN THE PLEISTOCENE FLORA OF KASHMIR BY G. S. PURI, M.Sc., PH.D. - Page 104
- ^ Galyat Broacher - Pakistan government
- ^ Tourists return to Galiyat valleys
- ^ KP Human Capital Investment Project page 63
- ^ Geology and Structure of Kuza Gali-Dunga Gali-Ayubia Area, Hazara-Potwar Basin with a Reference to Hydrocarbon Prospects of Attock-Hazara Fold and Thrust Belt. Munir Ghazanfar¹, Mohammad Nawaz Chaudhry¹, Khalid Pervaiz², Mazhar Qayyum³ and Riaz Ahmed 4 - page 11 (51)
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 379
- ^ Census of India 911 Page 5
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