Dunga Gali is one of the towns of the Galyat area of Ayubia National Park, at an altitude of in northern Pakistan.Dunga Gali - Salam Pakistan Dunga Gali is located in Nathia Gali Union Council (subdivision) of Abbottabad District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is from Nathia Gali. Dunga Gali is part of the NA-18, Abbottabad-II constituency.Election Commission of Pakistan and 34 km from the district capital Abbottabad.Distance of Abbottabad City from various Cities of Pakistan
The Himalayan poplar grows in this region along with Aesculus indica, Prunus cornuta, and Juglans regia.SOME FOSSIL LEAVES OF THE SALICACElE FROM NINGAL NULLAH AND LAREDURA, PIR PANJAL, WITH A NOTE ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF TEMPERATE SPECIES IN THE PLEISTOCENE FLORA OF KASHMIR BY G. S. PURI, M.Sc., PH.D. - Page 104 Thousands of tourists trek and hike in Dunga Gali every year.Galyat Broacher - Pakistan government During the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, tourism stopped. But in May 2021, tourists once again returned to the area.
The Haro River originates from the southern slopes of the Dunga Gali range, branching into two main tributaries: the eastern stream, known as Dhund, and the western, called Karral Haro. These two converge and flow into the Haripur District.KP Human Capital Investment Project page 63 To the south of Dunga Gali lies the Dunga Gali Fault, which is a geological fault that forms part of the tectonics of the Himalayan orogeny, where the Indian plate collides with the Eurasian plate.Geology and Structure of Kuza Gali-Dunga Gali-Ayubia Area, Hazara-Potwar Basin with a Reference to Hydrocarbon Prospects of Attock-Hazara Fold and Thrust Belt. Munir Ghazanfar¹, Mohammad Nawaz Chaudhry¹, Khalid Pervaiz², Mazhar Qayyum³ and Riaz Ahmed 4 - page 11 (51)
History
During the British Rule, Dunga Gali served as a sanatorium to British soldiers and contained a hotel, church and a post office. The area was also visited by Europeans, who also had houses on the southern slopes of the nearby Mukeshpuri Mountains.Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 11, p. 379 The Dunga Gali range (which is the highlands around the hill station) formed Abbottabad's eastern boundary with the princely state of Kashmir.Census of India 911 Page 5
See also Nathia Gali Ghora Gali Ayubia National Park
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