Balakot Tehsil

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Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ ) is a subdivision of Mansehra District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

The City of Balakot is the main city of this area, it was one of the towns which was most damaged in the massive 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 ^[1]. It is estimated that 80% of buildings were destroyed.

[edit] Administration

Balakot Tehsil consists of 16 Union Councils^[2]:

Atter Shisha Balakot Garhi Habibullah Garlat Ghanool Hangrai Kaghan Karnol

Kewal Laber Kot Mohandri Pairan Sandasar Satbani Shohal Mazullah Talhata

[edit] See also

• Balakot
• Mansehra District

[edit] References