Seer Gharbi
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Seer Gharbi also shares a border with the following Union Councils within Abbottabad District - to the north by Tajwal, to the east Nara and Nagri Totial, to the South by Seer Sharqi Bhattian and to the west by Palak.
The terrain of the whole area is hilly and mountainous, to the South lie the plains of the Punjab, travellers from the South find the land rising, the Murree region signals the start of the Himalayan mountain range. The higher altitude makes the climate of this area cooler than the land to the south, and there is usually heavy snowfall in the winter blocking roads and making travel difficult.
A notable tourist area of Seer Gharbi is the hill resort of Changlagali.
There are no cities in Seer Gharbi, it is mainly a mountainous rural area, the town of Seer is the largest settlement, the nearest cities to people living in Seer Gharbi are, Murree to the South, Abbottabad (the district capital to the North West), Haripur (to the east) as well as Muzaffarabad to the North east.
Politics
Seer Gharbi is represented by PML-N party politician Murtaza Javed Abbasi.[2]
Culture
Seer Gharbi is enriched with history and culture before partition in 1947 Seer is centre of culture and traditions. Seer has fertile land, high mountains, small rivers, and water falls. The language spoken in the area is pahari (پہاڑی) with same accent in murree.
History
2005 earthquake
On 8 October 2005 Seer Gharbi, like much of Abbottabad district, was affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake, however human casualties were low, the damage was largely to infrastructure - including damage to water supplies[3]
2022 floods
In 2022 heavier than usual rains led incidents of flooding throughout Pakistan, in August of that year heavy rains caused damage across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa including Seer Gharbi.[4]
Subdivisions
The Union Council of Seer Gharbi is subdivided into the following areas: Basbher, Malmola and Seer Gharbi.[5]
References
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- ↑ Administrative Units of District Abbottabad Template:Webarchive
- ↑ Mr. Murtaza Javed Abbasi
- ↑ Erra.gov.pk
- ↑ Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA): Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Daily Situation Report (18 August 2022, Morning - Abbottabad, Bajaur, Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu, Khyber, Mardan, South Waziristan, Tank)
- ↑ Official website of District Government Abbottabad. Template:Webarchive
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