Physical Features of Hazara

1. Mountains.

The distinctive physical feature of Hazara Division is its forest-rich mountains, full of trees of different kinds and snow (Great natural attraction for local as well as International visitors and tourists), especially in the winter. These mountains vary in height i.e, from 4,000 feet to 17,000 feet and are naturally divided into two i.e, the western and the eastern range. These run down either side of the Division with a trend generally from the north-east to the south-west and work like a dividing line between Hazara, Azad Kashmir, Murree, Rawalpindi, Swat and Malakand on their respective sides.

Besides other, Malka-Parbat (17000feet) Musa_ka_Mussala (13379 feet) Bhingra (8500 feet) Biliana (6192) Tanglai, Serri and Phambla are important peaks in this area, and these mountains, besides providing healthy environments,  are a constant source of income to the country. 

Musa-ka-Musalla

                                        

Mali-Ka-Parbat            

Mountain covered with snow in Naran Valley.

                     

Peak of Miran opposite of Nathia Gali

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About Hazara

Position Area And Boundaries.

Hazara, the northern most administrative  area of Pakistan and only 
part of KPK (Khyber Pakhtoon Khawa), east of the river Indus, lies 
at the base of Himalayas between 33  44 and 35 10 latitude and 72 
33 and 74 6 east longitude. The total area of  the Hazara is 5282 sq 
miles and has a larger area then Bahrain(678 sq km), Hong Kong 
(1046 sq km), Cyprus (11295 sq km), Gambia, Falk Land, Jamaica 
and Luxumburg .


As regards its boundaries, on the north the Kaghan separates the 
administrative Division from Chilas and on the north east, as well 
as, on the east the mountain range,which borders the left bank of 
river Kunhar and Jhelum river, separates Hazara from the Azad 
(Independent) Kashmir, Murree and Rawalpindi regions.On its 
north-western side lies the far-famed  Black Mountains ( Kala 
Dhaka now Toor Ghar District and also called Dar-us- Salam ), 
while on the south-west the Indus separates it from the Utmanzai 
Tribal areas, as well as, from a part of  the Swabi District of 
Mardan Division. On the north-western side a mountain range also 
works like a dividing line between Hazara and Malakand Agency (a 
provincially administered tribal belt ).On its southern side lies the 
Attock District of Punjab Province, while on the south-eastern side 
the Margalla Hills separate it from Rawalpindi District and from 
Federal Capital of Islamabad. Thus Hazara Division is like a wedge 
between Kashmir on the east and mountain ranges on the west.