Bara Gali

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Bara Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of Pakistan, it has an altitude of 2350m. Bara Gali is located at 34° 6' 0N, 73° 20' 60E [1], in Abbottabad District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It lies on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, it is 15 miles from Abbottabad and 25 miles from Murree[2].

Bara Gali is also the summer campus of the University of Peshawar[3]

[edit] History

During British Rule, Bara Gali was a small cantonment that was occupied in the hot summer months it by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at Rawalpindi in the winter[2].

[edit] References

  1. ^ Falling Rain Genomics - Location of Bara Gali
  2. ^ a b Bara Gali - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 425
  3. ^ Provost Office - University of Peshawar
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Coordinates: 34°06′00.00″N, 73°20′60.00″E