Bara Gali

Bara Gali

Bara Gali is one of the tourist mountain resort towns of the Galyat area of Pakistan, it has an altitude of 2350m. Bara Gali is located at 34° 6' 0N, 73° 20' 60E [ [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/PK/3/Bara_Gali.html Falling Rain Genomics - Location of Bara Gali] ] , in Abbottabad District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. It lies on the road between Abbottabad and Murree, it is 15 miles from Abbottabad and 25 miles from Murree [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_431.gifBara Gali - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 425] ] .

Bara Gali is also the summer campus of the University of Peshawar [ [http://www.upesh.edu.pk/Administration/provost_office.html Provost Office - University of Peshawar] ]

History

During British Rule, Bara Gali was a small cantonment that was occupied in the hot summer months it by one of the British mountain batteries which were stationed at Rawalpindi in the winter.

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