Chumb | |
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City | |
| چھمب | |
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  Chumb  Chumb | |
| Coordinates: 32°50′13″N 74°23′10″E / 32.837°N 74.386°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Autonomous Region | Azad Kashmir |
| District | Bhimber District |
| Tehsil | Barnala |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Pahari-Pothwari Punjabi |
Chumb (Urdu: چھمب) is a city in the southern tip of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.[1] The Chumb sector consists of many villages, Kherowal, Burejal, Nagial, Paur, Dingawali, Chak Pandit, Praganwala, Jhanda, Singry, Sardari, Banian, Punjgran, all of these villages are located within Chhamb sector. People are from various ethnic groups such as Gujjars, Bakerwals, Paharis, Khokhars, and Mughals. A Baradari system is prevalent throughout the region.
The Pakistan Army has built its infrastructure in Chumb. Most people's languages are Pahari-Pothwari and Punjabi. Chumb is also known as Iftikharabad[2] due to Maj General Iftikhar Khan Janjua who played a key role in liberating Chumb. It is divided into two parts South Iftikharabad and North Iftikharabad. There is only one police station (Singry).
Chumb sector was under Indian control until the War of 1971, when the Pakistan Army regained the area. Chumb is the last outpost of Pakistan's Azad Kashmir. Chumb has fertile land and farmlands can be found here.
- ^ Naqash, Tariq (2018-04-26). "2 killed in AJK due to cross-LoC firing by Indian troops". Retrieved 2021-09-15.
The Chamb sector is located in Barnala tehsil of Bhimber, the southernmost AJK district which runs along the heavily militarised LoC splitting the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir between Pakistan and India.
- ^ Naqash, Tariq (2016-11-16). "200 families hit by Indian shelling move to safe areas". Retrieved 2021-09-15.
Divisional Commissioner Raja Amjad Pervaiz said displacements had taken place from Balewal and Khairowal villages of the Chhamb (Iftikharabad) sector of Barnala tehsil.