Pakistan’s most popular hill station is Murree which lies 50 kilometers northeast of Pakistani capital Islamabad. It is mountainous area, forming part of outer Himalayas and it is located at a comfortable altitude of 7500 feet (2286 meters) in the Himalayan foothills at 33 54′ 30″ north latitude and 73 26 east longitude. This area contains four major supers that are gradually increasing. Murree city itself is situated at highest among them and it is7500 feet high. Remaining include Patriata, Kuldana and Gharial. River Jehlum has bounded it by in the east, NWFP districts of Abbottabad and Heripur to theNorth and West, Islamabad Capital Territory to the Southwest and Kotli Sattian Tehsil (town) of Rawalpindi district to the South.
Murree was a town and it was built according to building frame of European cities with Church in the centre and main road, The Mall . Mall Road is running along with commercial places and administrative offices around the same. The Mall was and still is still the centre of attraction. Only Europeans were allowed access to the Mall and after 1947, Non-European got access to The Mall People Tehsil Murree has occupied total area of 434 sq kilometer and according to 1998 census has a population of 176426 people of which 155,051 live in the rural areas while others live in Murree city as well as different cantonments spreading over different hill tops
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