A report on Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir (union territory) and Kashmiri language

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

Topographic map of Jammu and Kashmir, with visible altitude for the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.

Nanga Parbat in Kashmir, the ninth-highest mountain on Earth, is the western anchor of the Himalayas

A high-altitude alpine lake in the Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir

Map of India in 1823, showing the territories of the Sikh empire (northermost, in green) including the region of Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir union territory (J and K) is bordered in carmine colour. Ladakh union territory (L) is bordered in blue colour.

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

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on postal stamps of India

K2, a peak in the Karakoram range, is the second highest mountain in the world

Apples of Kashmir are famous for their taste

Boteh from an Antique Kashmiri Dochalla Shawl

Large Kashmir Durbar Carpet (detail), 2021 photo. "Durbar", in this context, means Royal or Chiefly.

Inauguration of the first Khelo India Winter Games

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

Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consisting of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947, and between India and China since 1962.

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Kashmiri or Koshur (, कॉशुर,, /kəːʃur/) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 7 million Kashmiris of the Kashmir region, primarily in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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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.

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In the Kashmiri language, Kashmir itself is known as Kasheer.

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The most widely spoken language in Jammu and Kashmir is Kashmiri, the mother tongue of 52.72% of the population according to the 2011 census.

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Azad Kashmir

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Map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification

A 1946 map of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir; present-day Azad Kashmir constitutes areas of the three western-most districts

Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Azad Kashmir

Neelum Valley is a tourist destination in Azad Kashmir.

Mirpur University of Science and Technology

Azad Jammu and Kashmir, abbreviated as AJK and colloquially referred to as simply Azad Kashmir, is a region administered by Pakistan as a nominally self-governing entity and constituting the western portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947.

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.

There are also sizeable communities speaking Kashmiri (mostly in the north), Gujari (throughout the territory), and Dogri (in the south), as well as pockets of speakers of Kundal Shahi, Shina and Pashto.