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'''Awan Patti''' {{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|اعوان پٹی}}}} ('''Patti Awanan''') is a [[valley]] in [[Muzaffarabad district]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]]. It is located {{convert|25|km|mi}} southeast of [[Muzaffarabad]] city, on the right bank of the [[Jhelum River]] and opposite of [[Garhi Dupatta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitorsheaven.com/Jhelum.php|title=Jhelum Valley|publisher=|access-date=2015-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125060001/http://visitorsheaven.com/Jhelum.php|archive-date=2015-11-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Sub villages in Awan Patti==

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*[[Khatpura]]
*[[Kholi an]] 
*[[Kayian]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolinglog.com/school/Government-Girls-Primary-School-KAYIAN-AWAN-PATTI-Haitian_3744.html|title=Government Girls Primary School KAYIAN AWAN PATTI, Haitian|first=|last=schoolinglog.com|publisher=}}</ref>
*[[Bandi Siftu]] 
*[[NAKAH]]
*[[Babela]] 
*[[Qaid Abad]] 
*[[Dhara 1]] 
*[[Dhara 2]] 
*Kals Syedan
*[[Dakhan, Muzaffarabad District|Dakhan]] 
*[[Kaindlan]] 
*[[Hadrian, Muzaffarabad District|Hadrian]] 
*[[Nakkah]] 
*[[Ratakha]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fa.maparabic.com/photos/Pakistan/Azad-Kashmir/1415768/Doda-Forest/240|title=عکس Doda Forest Azad Kashmir پاکستان|publisher=}}</ref>
*Sokar
*Rially
*Bandi peer baksh
*sultan pur
*Haripur hazara
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==Education==

There are numerous schools, including a Government Girls High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.schoolinglog.com/school/Government-Girls-High-School-AWAN-PATTI-Muzaffarabad_4560.html|title=Government Girls High School AWAN PATTI, Muzaffarabad|first=|last=schoolinglog.com|publisher=}}</ref><br /> and a similar school for boys.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamariweb.com/directories/govt.boys_high_school,_awan_patti_edu59535.aspx|title=Govt.Boys High School, Awan Patti, Muzaffarabad|publisher=}}</ref>

== Transport ==
Awan Patti is well connected by road with the rest of [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefrontierpost.pk/pr-to-launch-kashmir-railway-to-attract-tourists/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904192329/http://www.thefrontierpost.pk/pr-to-launch-kashmir-railway-to-attract-tourists/ |archivedate=2015-09-04 }}</ref> It has no direct train link but the nearest railway station is [[Rawalpindi]] railway station. The proposed new [[railway]] line from [[Islamabad]] to [[Muzaffarabad]] will pass through Khatpura Awan Patti on its way to [[Srinagar]]. [[Garhi Dupatta]] station will be built in Khat Pura Awan Patti.{{cn|date=June 2020}}

== Timber mafia ==
Protected forest areas of Awan Patti are vulnerable to [[illegal logging]] by [[timber mafia]]s that have coopted or intimidated forestry officials, local politicians, businesses and citizens. Clear-cutting is sometimes covered-up by officials who report fictitious forest fires. Many studies indicate large losses of forest cover to indiscriminate logging by the mafias, with over a hundred canals in the environs of Awan Patti being illegally transferred by the forest department directly to them. Besides the [[environmental degradation]], public financial losses can be substantial.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/784256/its-time-to-get-serious-about-climate-change-2/|title=It’s time to get serious about climate change – The Express Tribune|date=1 November 2014|publisher=}}</ref>

==See also==

*[[Garhi Dupatta]]
*[[Jhelum Valley]]

==References==
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{{Muzaffarabad District}}
[[Category:Populated places in Muzaffarabad District]]