Muzaffarabad district (Pahari: مُظفٌر آباد ضلع) of Azad Kashmir is located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers, and is very hilly. The district is bounded to Pakistan in the west and to Kupwara and Baramulla districts that comes under the Kashmir section which is part of the greater dispute between India and Pakistan. To the north is Neelum District; the fall on the northeast of the district and Bagh District forms the southern boundary. The total area of the district is 6,117 square kilometres. The city of Muzaffarabad serves as capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Prior to the independence of Pakistan and India, Muzaffarabad was part of the Kashmir division of the independent state of Jammu & Kashmir.
Urdu is the official language of Muzaffarabad. However, they speak Pahari and Gojri as native languages.
Urdu is the official language of Muzaffarabad. However, they speak Pahari and Gojri as native languages.
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