Ghaseetpur Awan
Encyclopedia
Ghaseetpur Awan is a village in the Mirpur Tehsil
of Mirpur District
of Azad Kashmir
, in Pakistan
.
. The village gets its name from the Awan
tribe, who form the bulk of the population.
Mirpur Tehsil
Mirpur Tehsil is an administrative subdivision of Mirpur District, Azad Kashmir , Pakistan.-History:During British Rule of the Indian Subcontinent, Mirpur was part of the Princely state of Kashmir and Jammu...
of Mirpur District
Mirpur District
Mirpur District is a district in the disputed and divided state of [Jammu and Kashmir]. The district is named after the main city, Mirpur. The District of Mirpur has a population of 371,000 and covers an area of . The district is mainly mountainous with some plains...
of Azad Kashmir
Azad Kashmir
Azad Jammu and Kashmir or Azad Kashmir for short, is the southernmost political entity within the Pakistani-administered part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir...
, in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
.
History
Like in many villages in the Mirpur region, many villagers have emigrated to the United KingdomUnited Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The village gets its name from the Awan
Awan (Pakistan)
Awan , is a South Asian Zamindar tribe, putatively of Arab origin, living predominantly in northern, central, and western parts of Punjab, Pakistan...
tribe, who form the bulk of the population.