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Balakot Tehsil

 
Wikipedia: Balakot Tehsil
Balakot
—  Tehsil  —
Country  Pakistan
Province North-West Frontier Province
District Mansehra
Government
 - Nazim Syed Junaid Ali Qasim[1]
 - Naib Nazim Mohammad Siddique
Time zone PST (UTC+5)
Number of towns 1
Number of Union Councils 16

Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ) is a subdivision of Mansehra District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Balakot is the main city of this area. It was one of the towns which was most damaged in the 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 [2] and an estimated 80% of the buildings there were destroyed. Villages were badly affected and landslides cut off thousands of people from Balakot where relief workers had been helping the survivors.[3]

Administration

Balakot Tehsil consists of 16 Union Councils[4]:

See also

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