Balakot Tehsil
Balakot | |
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Tehsil | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Mansehra |
Government | |
• Assistant Commissioner | Muhammad Ali Asghar (P.A.S.) |
Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
Number of towns | 1 |
Number of Union Councils | 16 |
Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is a subdivision of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns which was most damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 [1] and an estimated 80% of the buildings there were destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.[2]
Administration
Balakot Tehsil consists of 12 Union Councils:[3]
- Balakot
- Garhi Habibullah
- Garlat
- Ghanool
- Hangrai
- Kaghan
- Karnol
- Kewai
- Mahandri
- Satbani
- Shohal Mazullah
- Talhata
References
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