Balakot Tehsil

Infobox Tehsil Pakistan
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caption = Balakot is the largest tehsil of Mansehra District
official_name= Balakot

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province= North-West Frontier Province
district= Mansehra
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census_year= 1998
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estimate_pop=
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towns= 1
uc= 16
nazim= Syed Junaid Ali Qasim [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/tehsil.asp?district=73&dn=Mansehra&state=3 Tehsil Nazims & Naib Tehsil Nazims in the District of Mansehra] ]
naib nazim = Mohammad Siddique
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map_text =Location within Pakistan Balakot Tehsil (Urdu: تحصیل بالاکوٹ ) is a subdivision of Mansehra District in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

The City of Balakot is the main city of this area, it was one of the towns which was most damaged in the massive 2005 Kashmir earthquake on 8 October 2005 [ [http://www.nwfp.gov.pk/earthquake/e.php Earthquake damage - NWFP government official site] ] . It is estimated that 80% of buildings were destroyed. Villages were badly affected and thousands were cut off from the capital Balakot by landslides where relief workers had been helping the survivors. [ [http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2005/oct/24/pakistan.naturaldisasters Pain and fear in the haven for the lucky - The Guardian] ]

Administration

Balakot Tehsil consists of 16 Union Councils [ [http://www.nrb.gov.pk/lg_election/union.asp?district=73&dn=Mansehra Tehsils & Unions in the District of Mansehra - Government of Pakistan] ] :

ee also

*Balakot
*Mansehra District

References