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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Kreeri
| other_name = Murad Abad kreeri
| nickname = Hazrrat Kreer
| settlement_type = Town
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]]
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| demographics1_info1 = [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Urdu]], [[Hindi]], [[Dogri language|Dogri]], [[English language|English]]<ref name="OfficialLang">{{cite web |url=http://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2020/222037.pdf |title=The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Act, 2020 |publisher=The Gazette of India|date=27 September 2020 |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Parliament passes JK Official Languages Bill, 2020 | work=Rising Kashmir | date=23 September 2020| url=http://risingkashmir.com/news/parliament-passes-jk-official-languages-bill-2020 | access-date=23 September 2020}}</ref>
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'''Kreeri''' is the main town and business centre of the Kruhin sub region of North Kashmir. This Kruhin area has two Revenue [[tehsil]]s of Kreeri and Wagoora comprised 26 villages each. The spread of habitation has seen a considerable increase in last 20 years and Kreeri and Wagoora will soon be twin towns joined together. Kruhin territory falls wholly in Baramulla District<ref>[http://baramulla.nic.in/intro/EXISTING%20NEWLY%20CREATED%20SUB%20DIVISIONS%20TEHSILS.pdf ]{{dead link|date=December 2015}}</ref> of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. It has a population of about 66,954.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/local-news/political-activists-thrash-officials |title=Archived copy |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129040357/http://www.kashmirobserver.net/news/local-news/political-activists-thrash-officials |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jknc.in/Details.aspx?PRID=2370&NorE=P |title=Jammu & Kashmir National Conference :: DETAILS |publisher=Jknc.in |date=2010-12-05 |access-date=2015-12-23}}</ref> Most of the [[residency (domicile)|residents]] work in [[agriculture|agricultural]] and [[horticulture|horticultural]] fields.

Kreeri has a recorded history of about 600 years when the Sufi saint, scholar, mystic, Authority on Islamic Law Hz mir syed Haji Murad Bukhari AR made it his abode. His ancestors had come from central Asia and travelled to the valley from Multan. During his time Sultan zainul Abideen, Badshah visited Kreeri and offered Friday Prayers in his leadership. His Khanqah and Ziarat (Mazar) is revered by all Muslims of the valley.

==Amenities==
Kreeri has a [[post office]] (with [[postal code]] '''193198''') and a [[water district|regional water supply scheme]] that provides [[drinking water]] to about three dozen villages in the [[Sangrama]] and [[Pattan]] [[Electoral district|constituencies]].

A sub-district hospital and a big market provides all types of amenities to the people of adjoining areas. It is a police sub division headed by an SDPO, a police station with 62 villages in its jurisdiction, besides a post office, a boys' degree college, a girls' high school besides sub division level offices of Horticulture, Animal Husbandry, Irrigation and Water supply departments.

Kreeri is also famous for its apple orchards throughout Kashmir. The famous brand of Kashmiri apple 'Ambri' is also found in the locality. The town is also famous for the fresh water springs that are found in a nearby village Hail. The water is fresh and sweet in taste. The famous brand out of these springs is the "Khudchetar Naag' and 'Pathnaar Naag".

==References==
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[[Category:Cities and towns in Baramulla district]]
[[Category:Tehsils of India]]

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