Sudhan Gali

Sudhan Gali (also known as Suddhen Gali) is a village located in Bagh District, Azad Kashmir. It lies on the main road that connect the district to Muzaffarabad the capital of Azad Kashmir [ [http://www.ajk.gov.pk/tourism/bagh.html District Bagh - Azad Kashmir government website] ] and also connects the town of Chikkar with Bagh city.

The cricket ground is located at Ganga, located between two mountains thus it is not very large.

It was badly affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, in December 2005 the United Nations Children's Fund arrived to deliver clothing before the snows of winter arrived. [http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/pakistan_30405.html UNICEF distributes winter clothing for quake-affected children] UNICEF]

UNICEF focused their relief efforts on places at high altitudes like Sudhan Gali (which has an altitude of 2,134 metres)

According to UNICEF

Before the earthquake it had been used as a base camp for hikers and trekkers for the Ganga Choti mountain which lies nearby.

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