Muzaffarabad: facts

At a glance

• Country: Pakistan
• Region: Azad Kashmir
• Administrative status: seat of a first-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA)
• Population: approximately 725,000
• Coordinates: 34.3700° N, 73.4708° E
• Time zone: Asia/Karachi (UTC+05:00)
• Currency: Rupee (PKR)
• Distance to the capital, Islamabad: 82 km (51 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Muzaffarabad Airport (MFG): 4.9 km (3.1 mi), straight line
• Islamabad International Airport (ISB): 109 km (68 mi), straight line
• Sheikh ul Alam International Airport (SXR, India): 127 km (79 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Baffa: 24 km (15 mi)
• Mansehra: 26 km (16 mi)
• Hattian Bala: 34 km (21 mi)
• Abbottabad: 34 km (21 mi)
• Dhirkot: 38 km (24 mi)