# Dunga Gali

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{{Short description|Town in Pakistan}}
thumb|250px|Tilla Donga beside locality
[[Image:Nathia Gali Sub Div.svg|thumb|250px|Dunga Gali is located in [Nathia Gali](/source/Nathia_Gali) Union Council.]]

'''Dunga Gali''' is one of the towns of the [Galyat](/source/Galyat) area of [Ayubia National Park](/source/Ayubia_National_Park), at an altitude of {{convert|2500|m|ft}}  in northern [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).<ref>[https://www.salampakistan.gov.pk/where-to-go/category/dunga-gali/location/dunga-gali Dunga Gali - Salam Pakistan]</ref> Dunga Gali is located in [Nathia Gali](/source/Nathia_Gali) [Union Council](/source/Union_councils_of_Pakistan) (subdivision) of [Abbottabad District](/source/Abbottabad_District) in the [Khyber Pakhtunkhwa](/source/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa) Province.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dunga Gali |url=https://faridbinmasood.wordpress.com/beautiful-places/dunga-gali/ |website=Faridbinmasood.wordpress.com |accessdate=20 June 2018}}</ref> It is {{Convert|3|km}} from [Nathia Gali](/source/Nathia_Gali)<ref>{{cite web |title=Distance from Nathia Gali |url=https://nathiagali.com/places-to-visit/dunga-gali/ |website=Nathiagali.com |accessdate=20 June 2018}}</ref> Dunga Gali is part of the NA-18, Abbottabad-II constituency.<ref>[https://ecp.gov.pk/storage/files/3/na-18.pdf Election Commission of Pakistan]</ref> and 34&nbsp;km from the district capital Abbottabad.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100124085300/http://abbottabad.gov.pk/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10 Distance of Abbottabad City from various Cities of Pakistan]</ref>

The [Himalayan poplar](/source/Himalayan_poplar) grows in this region along with aesculus indica, Prunus cornuta, and Juglans regia,<ref>[https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/291526386.pdf SOME FOSSIL LEAVES OF THE SALICACElE FROM NINGAL NULLAH AND LAREDURA, PIR PANJAL, WITH A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPERATE SPECIES IN THE PLEISTOCENE FLORA OF KASHMIR BY G. S. PURI, M.Sc., PH.D. - Page 104]</ref> thousands of tourists trek and hike in Dunga Gali every year.<ref>[https://tourism.gov.pk/publications/Galyat%20Broacher.pdf Galyat Broacher - Pakistan government]</ref> During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 tourism had stopped but in May 2021 tourists once again returned to the area.<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/2301430/tourists-return-to-galiyat-valleys Tourists return to Galiyat valleys]</ref>

The Haro River originates from the southern slopes of the Dunga Gali range, branching into two main tributaries: the eastern stream, known as Dhund, and the western, called Karral Haro, these two converge and flow into [Haripur District](/source/Haripur_District).<ref>[https://kpese.gov.pk/vtwkaf/uploads/2021/01/ESMF-KPHCIP-May-8-2020.pdf KP Human Capital Investment Project page 63]</ref> To the south of Dunga Gali lies the Dunga Gali Fault this is a geological fault that forms part of the tectonics of the Himalayan orogeny, where the Indian Plate is colliding with the Eurasian Plate.<ref>[https://www.pjhr.org.pk/index.php/pjhr/article/download/28/22/ Geology and Structure of Kuza Gali-Dunga Gali-Ayubia Area, Hazara-Potwar Basin with a Reference to Hydrocarbon Prospects of Attock-Hazara Fold and Thrust Belt. Munir Ghazanfar¹, Mohammad Nawaz Chaudhry¹, Khalid Pervaiz², Mazhar Qayyum³ and Riaz Ahmed 4 - page 11 (51)]</ref>

== History ==

During [British Rule](/source/British_Raj), Dunga Gali served as a sanatorium to British soldiers and contained a hotel, church and a post office. The area was also visited by Europeans, who also had houses on the southern slopes of the nearby [Mukeshpuri Mountains](/source/Mukeshpuri).<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_385.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 379]</ref> The Dunga Gali range (which is the highlands around the hill station) formed Abbottabad's eastern boundary with the princely state of Kashmir.<ref>[https://storage.lib.uchicago.edu/pres/2014/pres2014-0779-1911-13-01-02.pdf Census of India 911 Page 5]</ref>

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[[File:Miran jani.jpg|thumb|250px|[Mukeshpuri Mountain](/source/Mukeshpuri)]]

==See also==
*[Nathia Gali](/source/Nathia_Gali)
*[Ghora Gali](/source/Ghora_Gali)
*[Ayubia National Park](/source/Ayubia_National_Park)

==References==
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Category:Hill stations in Pakistan
Category:Populated places in Abbottabad District
Category:Galyat of Pakistan

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