Back جامو Arabic जम्मू मंडल AWA জম্মু বিভাগ Bengali/Bangla Divisió de Jammu Catalan Džammú Czech Jammu (Division) German Jammu division English División de Jammu Spanish بخش جامو Persian જમ્મુ Gujarati
Jammu Division
ਜੰਮੂ ਸੂਬਾ | |
|---|---|
Administrative Division | |
 View of Jammu city and the Tawi River | |
 Jammu (orange bordered) lies in Indian state Jammu & Kashmir | |
  Jammu Division Location of Jammu city in the Jammu Division  Jammu Division Jammu Division (India) | |
| Coordinates: 32°44′N 74°52′E / 32.73°N 74.87°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Jammu and Kashmir |
| District | Jammu, Doda, Kathua, Ramban, Reasi, Kishtwar, Poonch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Samba |
| Founded | 14th century BC |
| Founded by | Raja Jambu Lochan |
| Headquarters | Jammu |
| Government | |
| • Type | Central |
| • Body | State gov |
| Area | |
| • Total | 26,293 km2 (10,152 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 305 m (1,001 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,350,811 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (530/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Panjabi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Jammu Region (Panjabi: ਜੰਮੂ ਸੂਬਾ) is one of the three regions comprising Kashmir's southernmost area of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Jammu division borders Vale of Kashmir, the disputed part of the state, to the north, Ladakh region to the east, and Himachal Pradesh to the south. Sandwiched between the Vale of Kashmir to the north and the Daman Koh Plains to the south, the Margalla hills range of the foothills of the Himalayas which comprises most of the disputed region in Jammu. The Pir Panjal Range, the Trikuta Hills and the low-lying Tawi River of the branch Chenab River basin add beauty and diversity to the terrain of Jammu.
Jammu, the winter capital of the maharajas and second largest city in the territory, was traditionally the seat of Dogra power. Of the total population of Jammu, more than two-thirds are classed as Dogra Hindus. Of these, the greater number live in the southeastern portion of the state. Culturally, ethnically, and linguistically, they are Panjabi-speaking peoples.. Majority speaks the Dogri, a dialect of Panjabi. The majority of the state’s Sikhs also live in the Jammu region. To the north-west, however, the proportion of Muslims increases, with Muslims making up a dominant majority in the area around the western town of Poonch District.