{{Short description|Town near Mangla Dam, Pakistan}} {{For|the ocean port of Bangladesh|Port of Mongla}} {{More citations needed|date=March 2012}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Mangla |native_name = {{nq| منگلا}} |native_name_lang = |settlement_type = Town |image_skyline = File:Mangla Fort, Mangla Dam.jpg |imagesize = 250 |image_alt = |image_caption = Mangla Fort |etymology = ''Mangla Rani'' | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{PAK}} | subdivision_type2 = Territory | subdivision_name2 = {{flag|Azad Kashmir}} | subdivision_type3 = Division | subdivision_name3 = Mirpur | subdivision_type4 = District | subdivision_name4 = Mirpur
| demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Urdu<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalia.info/profile/10/kashmir|title = Kashmir}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rahman |first=Tariq |date=1996 |title=Language and politics in Pakistan |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-577692-8 |page=226}}</ref><ref group="note">{{harvtxt|Snedden|2013|p=176}}: On p. 29, the census report states that Urdu is the official language of the government of Azad Kashmir, with Kashmiri, Pahari, Gojri, Punjabi, Kohistani, Pushto, and Sheena 'frequently spoken in Azad Kashmir'. Yet, when surveyed about their 'mother tongue', Azad Kashmiris' choices were limited to selecting from Pakistan's major languages: Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Pushto, Balochi, Saraiki, and 'others'; not surprisingly, 2.18 million of Azad Kashmir's 2.97 million people chose 'others'.</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Spoken | demographics1_info2 = {{hlist|Pahari-Pothwari}} |timezone1 = Pakistan Standard Time }} '''Mangla''' ({{langx|ur|{{nq| منگلا}}}}) is a town situated in District Mirpur within the region of Azad Kashmir. The village is located in the west of the foothills of Mangla's fort (which also derived its name from the same village). It is surrounded on three sides by the semicurvature of river Jhelum flowing North to South. It is bordered by Jhelum district and the right bank of the Mangla reservoir on the border of Azad Kashmir and Punjab province of Pakistan.
==Etymology== The town of Mangla was named after the 16th-century Gakhar Queen Mangla.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3356034|title=Mangla Fort, a historical heritage|date=January 17, 2007|website=Brecorder}}</ref>
==History== At the time of construction of the Mangla Dam, the villages of Sultanpure, Thill, Baral and Baruti across the river in Jhelum District were developed as residential colonies and offices for foreign workers and officials.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
Prior to the construction of Mangla Dam, in March 1962, almost all the inhabitants of the ancient Mangla village moved to Mangla Hamlet, therefore this town represents Mangla in a true sense. Mangla is located {{cvt|12|km}} from the city of Mirpur, at the mouth of the Mangla Dam. The dam reservoir has a perimeter of 400 km, and is a place of interest. It hosts the Mangla Power Station, which is the second largest in Pakistan.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
==Mangla Fort== Mangla is the site of the historic Mangla Fort.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/559903-fort-forlorn-forsaken|title=Fort forlorn and forsaken | Footloose|website=The News International}}</ref> The fort is situated on a high hill overlooking the Jhelum river, dividing the Mirpur and Jhelum districts. A part of Mangla fort was razed during the construction of the Mangla Dam, however, a large part remains and serves as a public recreation place.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
==Mangla Cantonment== {{main article|Mangla Cantonment}} After the completion of Mangla Dam, most of the Baral and Sultanpure Thill area was taken over by the Pakistan Army and converted into a Cantonment whereas a small section within the compound walls of Pakistan Army's officers residences, known as Baral Colony, was allotted to WAPDA named as WAPDA Officers Colony.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
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===Works cited=== * {{cite book |first=Christopher |last=Snedden |author-link=Christopher Snedden |title=Kashmir: The Unwritten History |publisher=HarperCollins India |year=2013 |isbn=978-9350298985 |orig-year=first published as ''The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir'', 2012 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0cPjAAAAQBAJ}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100919163347/http://www.manglavision.com/about/mangla.php More information about mangla] * Guide to [http://dmoz.pk/Provinces/Jammu-and-Kashmir/ Kashmir]
{{Coord|33.1167|N|73.6500|E|source:wikidata-and-enwiki-cat-tree_region:PK|display=title}}
Category:Populated places in Mirpur District