Bhurban
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab (Pakistan) |
| District | Murree |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Bhurban (Urdu: بھوربن) is a small town and a hill station in Muree District, Punjab, Pakistan on the edge of Hazara, Pakistan. The resort town is named after a nearby forest. It is located approximately 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from Murree city.[1][2]
Location
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Bhurban is situated in between Murree and Kashmir Road at a height of about 6000 feet. It has been made accessible by the dual Islamabad-Murree Expressway, approximately a 50-km drive from Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.
Tourism
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Bhurban is a tourist destination with unique flora, and a fauna with a variety species not found elsewhere in Pakistan.[citation needed] It is known for the hiking trails in the nearby Ayubia National Park. The '5 star' Pearl Continental Hotel - Mount Pleasant Apartments is one of several resorts in Bhurban that serve tourists visiting the Murree Hills and the national park. Bhurban also has a nine-hole golf course. Another resort in Bhurban is the Bhurban Hill Apartments, located 2 km from PC Bhurban. It has its own source of natural mineral water.[citation needed]. Many important personals from all over the world visited Bhurbun which were Nelson Mandela, King Hussain of Jordan and many others.
Residents
[edit]Bhurban's main tribes are Dhunds (called Abbasis), Janyals, and Ahmedals, many of them being indigenous descendants of Muslim hill tribes who have lived here for centuries.[3] Many of these tribes converted to Islam during the 14th to 15th centuries AD.[4] Most of them still live simple rural lives, whilst a number of them have gone on to seek education and jobs in the plains, in Rawalpindi and Islamabad and even further afield.[5]
The soil produced big names from Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (former Prime Minister of Pakistan) to generals in army.[citation needed] The political influences as Late. Raja Ashfaq Sarwar one of the most honored. Sardar Noor Khan Abbasi was also an overwhelming personality from Bhurban.
Administration
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The Rawat Union Council is also responsible for managing Bhurban. Rawat village is the headquarters of the Union Council of Rawat, which is an administrative sub-division of Murree Tehsil, in the Murree District of Punjab.
See also
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Bhurban". Tourism Development Corporation of Punjab (TDCP). Archived from the original on 1 October 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
- ↑ "Bhurban on map". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ Dani, AH 'Hill tribes of Northern and NW Pakistan' Islamabad, 1982, pp 102-109
- ↑ Dani aa, 102
- ↑ Punjab Report on Employment, pub Lahore: Govt of Punjab, 1991
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