Bhurban
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| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab (Pakistan) |
| District | Rawalpindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Bhurban (Urdu: بھوربن) is a small town and a hill station in Punjab province, 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
Bhurban is situated in between Murree and Kashmir Road at a height of about 6000 feet. It has recently been made accessible by the dual Islamabad-Murree Expressway, making it a 45-minute drive from Islamabad, the federal capital of Pakistan.
Tourism
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]
Residents
Bhurban's main tribes are Dhunds (now called Abbasis) Janyals, all 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]
Administration
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 Rawalpindi District of Punjab.
See also
References
- ^ "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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