Mirpur Division
میرپور ڈویژن | |
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Country | Pakistan |
Territory | Azad Kashmir |
Capital | Mirpur |
Government | |
• Type | Divisional Administration |
• REGIONAL DIRECTOR | Chaudhry Shaukat Ali (PAS) |
• Regional Police Officer | Khalid Mehmood Chauhan (PSP) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,651,018 |
The Mirpur Division (Urdu: میرپور ڈِوِژن) is a first-order administrative division of the Pakistani dependent territory of Azad Kashmir. Mirpur is the largest division by population in Azad Kashmir. It comprises the portion of the former Mirpur District of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir that came under Pakistani control at the end of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.