A report on Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), Jammu division and Azad Kashmir

Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir
Lama dance at Jummoo,
Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.
Maharaja Gulab Singh, the founder of princely state of Jammu and Kashmir
Landscape of Azad Kashmir
Srinagar railway station
Kashmir region divided across Pakistan, India and China (map by CIA)
Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification
NH1 near Sonamarg
Tawi River
Paddy field in Leepa valley
University of Kashmir during autumn
The Vaishno Devi shrine attracts millions of Hindu devotees every year
A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India
Bahu Fort
Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir
Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste
Raghunath Temple
Bagh City
Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl
The Shivkhori cave
Districts of Azad Kashmir
Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games
Machail Mata
Kotla, Bagh District
Vaishno Devi Temple in winter
Lohri bonfire
Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.
Shalimar Gardens
Munda Gali, Leepa Valley
Dal Lake
Mirpur University of Science and Technology
Amarnath Cave

The Jammu division is a revenue and administrative division within Jammu and Kashmir, a union territory of India.

- Jammu division

The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the west and north.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

On its eastern side, Azad Kashmir is separated from the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (part of Indian-administered Kashmir) by the Line of Control (LoC), which serves as the de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of Kashmir.

- Azad Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir is named after the two regions it encompasses – the Jammu region and the Kashmir Valley.

- Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)

However, major portions of the western districts of Muzaffarabad, Poonch, and Mirpur remained under the control of Pakistan.

- Jammu division

The people of this region culturally differ from the Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir and are closer to the culture of Jammu.

- Azad Kashmir

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Political map of the Kashmir region, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir

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Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

Northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent.

Political map of the Kashmir region, showing the Pir Panjal range and the Kashmir Valley or Vale of Kashmir
Pahalgam Valley, Kashmir
Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, is the western anchor of the Himalayas
Map of India in 1823, showing the territories of the Sikh empire (northermost, in green) including the region of Kashmir
1909 Map of the Princely State of Kashmir and Jammu. The names of regions, important cities, rivers, and mountains are underlined in red.
The prevailing religions by district in the 1901 Census of the Indian Empire
A white border painted on a suspended bridge delineates Azad Kashmir from Jammu and Kashmir
Topographic map of Kashmir
K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world
The Indus River system
Large Kashmir Durbar Carpet (detail), 2021 photo. "Durbar", in this context, means Royal or Chiefly.
A Muslim shawl-making family shown in Cashmere shawl manufactory, 1867, chromolithograph, William Simpson
A group of Pandits, or Brahmin priests, in Kashmir, photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1890s
Brokpa women from Kargil, northern Ladakh, in local costumes

Today, the term encompasses a larger area that includes the Indian-administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-administered territories of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract.

It includes almost the whole of the Jammu province.