Ghora Dhaka, also known as Ghora Dakka, is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat

Galyat

Galyat region is an area roughly 50–80 km north-east of Islamabad, Pakistan, on both sides of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border.The word Galyat is the plural of the Urdu word gali, which means an alley between two mountains on both sides of which there are valleys and it is not the highest...

 area in northeast 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...

. It is part of the Ayubia area and is located in the Abbottabad District

Abbottabad District

Abbottabad is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district covers an area of 1,969 km with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town...

 in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is located at 34°1'49N 73°24'30E and has an altitude of 2212 metres (7260 feet). It lies on the road linking Dunga Gali

Dunga Gali

Dunga Gali or Doonga Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of Ayubia National Park, at an altitude of in northern Pakistan Dunga Gali is located in Nathia Gali Union Council of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.During British rule Dunga Gali...

 to Murree

Murree

Murree city is a popular hill station and a summer resort, especially for the residents of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, and for the cities of the province of Punjab, Pakistan...

, being 3 miles south of Dunga Gali and 15 miles north of Murree.

History

During British rule

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

, the town served as a cantonment

Cantonment

A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...

and during the summer months was occupied by a detachment of British infantry. This is the origin of the name Ghora Dhaka, which means "white soldiers hill".