Khaira Gali
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Khaira Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat
area of Pakistan
, it has an altitude of 2347m. Khaira Gali is located in Palak
which is a Union Council
of Abbottabad District
in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
. This hill station was also used as a barricade
by the British during the colonial period
and during the summer months it was occupied by one of the British mountain batteries, which were stationed at Rawalpindi
during the winter. It is also famous for the hexagon manor on the highest elevation of the town. It belongs to Mr. Bashir, the owner of the famous Pakistani oil brand Seasons Canola.
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 of 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 has an altitude of 2347m. Khaira Gali is located in Palak
Palak
Palak is one of the 51 union councils of Abbottabad District in the Hazara province of Pakistan.- Location :Palak is located in the South eastern edge of Abbottabad district...
which is a Union Council
Union Councils of Pakistan
A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...
of 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 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of 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...
. This hill station was also used as a barricade
Barricade
Barricade, from the French barrique , is any object or structure that creates a barrier or obstacle to control, block passage or force the flow of traffic in the desired direction...
by the British during the colonial period
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...
and during the summer months it was occupied by one of the British mountain batteries, which were stationed at Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi
Rawalpindi , locally known as Pindi, is a city in the Pothohar region of Pakistan near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad, in the province of Punjab. Rawalpindi is the fourth largest city in Pakistan after Karachi, Lahore and Faisalabad...
during the winter. It is also famous for the hexagon manor on the highest elevation of the town. It belongs to Mr. Bashir, the owner of the famous Pakistani oil brand Seasons Canola.