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{{short description|valley in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir}}
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| photo_caption = Lolab Valley
| map = India Jammu and Kashmir#India
| map_caption = Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
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| state = [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| district = [[Kupwara district|Kupwara]]
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| city = [[Sogam Lolab]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/12/Sogam.html |title= Sogam page on Fallingrain |publisher= Fallingrain Genomics |access-date= 2012-07-03}}</ref>
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| border = [[Neelum River|Neelum Valley]] (North)<br/>[[Kashmir Valley]] (South)
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The '''Lolab Valley''' is a [[Himalaya]]n<ref name="S.A.Qazi">{{cite book |author=S.A. Qazi |title= Systematic Geography of Jammu and Kashmir |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZh3Zkoqtc4C&pg=PA16|year=2005 |publisher= APH Publishing |isbn= 978-8176487863 |page=16–}}</ref> valley located in union territory of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. The entrance to the valley lies {{convert|9|km|abbr=on}} north of [[Kupwara|Kupwara city]], and the centre of the valley lies {{cvt|114|km}} northwest of [[Srinagar]], the capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is an oval-shaped valley {{convert|15|mi}} long with an average width of {{convert|2|mi}}.

==Geography==
The Lolab Valley is situated within the jurisdiction of [[Sogam Lolab]], a block of [[Kupwara]]. It is bordered by the [[Kashmir Valley]] to the south and the [[Neelum River|Neelum Valley]] to the north, and is separated by Nagmarg meadows from [[Bandipore]]<ref name="John Murray, 1906">{{cite book |author=John Murray, 1906 |title= Handbook to India, Burma, and Ceylon |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=gOUwAQAAMAAJ|year=1906 |publisher= John Murray |isbn= 978-8178350172 |page= 253–}}</ref> to the east. It is formed by the flow of Lahwal River, which flows from east to west. The Lolab Valley is home 9 many ancient springs, and is covered with dense forests of [[pine]] and [[fir]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ikashmir.net/pilgrimage/lolab.html |title= Loalab Valley on Ikashmir |work= ikashmir.net |access-date= 2012-06-23}}</ref> Fruit trees such as [[apple]], [[cherry]], [[peach]], [[apricot]] and [[walnut]] are common in the valley, which is known as "the fruit bowl of Jammu and Kashmir".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.india9.com/i9show/Lolab-Valley-45392.htm |title= Fruit bowl of J&K |publisher= india9.com |access-date= 2012-07-03}}</ref> The valley has several natural landmarks and tourist spots, such as the caves of Kalaroos. The main villages in the Lolab Valley are Putushai, Diver, Khumriyal, Sogam, Lalpora, Cherkoot, Kalaroos, Wavoora, Warnow, Michal, Takipora, Cheepora, Goose, etc.{{Citation Needed|date=May 2020}}

==Ecology==
Like other valleys in the region, Lolab Valley is also home to many Himalayan wild animals, which include [[Himalayan black bear]], [[Himalayan brown bear]], [[snow leopard]], [[ibex]], [[markhor]], [[Kashmir stag|hangul]] and [[musk deer]].<ref name="Bears in lolab">{{cite book |author= Charles Ellison Bates |title= A gazetteer of Kashmír and the adjacent districts of Kishtwar, Badrawár, Jamu, Naoshera, Punch, and the valley of the Kishen Gang |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=zPQLAAAAIAAJ|year=1980 |publisher= Light & Life Publishers |page=26–}}</ref> {{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Lolab Valley is adjacent to [[Neelum River|Neelum Valley]], and separated by the [[Line of Control]].<ref name="Lolab LOC">{{cite book |title= India Today Volume 25 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QHBDAAAAYAAJ|year=2000 |publisher= Thomson Living Media India Ltd., 2000 |isbn= 978-0674018174 |pages=53, 54–}}</ref> The Valley has seen many armed combats,<ref name="Encounter in Lolab">{{cite book |title= Outlook |volume=46 |issue=39-47 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-AkwAQAAIAAJ|year=2006 |publisher= Hathway Investments Pvt Ltd |page=162}}</ref><ref name="Encounter in Lolab valley">{{cite book |author= Sumantra Bose |title= Kashmir: Roots of Conflict, Paths to Peace |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=3ACMe9WBdNAC&pg=PA282|year=2005 |publisher= Harvard University Press |isbn= 978-0674018174 |page=282}}</ref> which has resulted in the displacement of many wild animals.

==Access==
The Lolab Valley is well connected by road to [[Srinagar]], the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, and [[Srinagar Airport]]. A bus takes three hours to cover a distance of {{cvt|114|km}} and leads through the towns of [[Sopore]] and [[Kupwara]]. An under-construction road from Bandipora to Lolab via Nagmarg Meadows will cut short the Srinagar-to-Lolab distance by 30 kilometers. In Lolab Valley, there are a few tourist huts and many camping sites. It has the potential to become one of the best tourist destinations in Kashmir.

== Tourism ==

Travelers visiting Lolab sometimes visit the resting place of the saint Kashyap reshi, which is located at a distance of 1 km from village Lalpora. A spring called Lavnag can be found nearby. The spring is three feet deep and has crystal clear water. Gauri spring is another major spring in the area. Due lack of intervention by government the place has very poor flow of tourists which keeps it potential for tourism still unexplored.{{or-inline|date=October 2018}} This place still manages to be one of the top most camping sites in Kashmir.{{fact|date=October 2018}}

Some tourist attractions in the valley include Nagmarg Camping Site [[Diver Anderbugh]], Satbaran Kalaroos, Chandigam, Warnav, Machil and Kariwan Green Meadows Diver.{{fact|date=October 2018}}

==Poem==
Lolab Valley was once visited by the Urdu poet [[Muhammad Iqbal]] and he wrote a poem, ''O Valley of Lolab!'' in the honour of Lolab's natural environment which starts with:

'''پانی ترے چشموں کا تڑپتا ہوا سیماب'''

'''مرغانِ سحَرتیری فضاؤں میں ہیں بیتاب'''

''' اے وادیِ لولاب'''

''Your springs and lakes with water pulsating and quivering like quicksilver,''

''the morning birds fluttering about the sky, agitated and in turmoil,''

''O Valley of Lolab!''

''' گر صاحبِ ہنگامہ نہ ہو منبر ومحراب'''

''' دیں بندہٌ مومن کے لیے موت ہے یا خواب'''

''' اےوادیِ لولاب'''

''When the pulpit and the niche cease to re‐create Resurrections,''

''faith then is dead or a mere dream, for thee, me and for all.''

''O Valley of Lolab!''

== Notable people ==


* [[Shah Faesal]]
* [[Anwar Shah Kashmiri]]
* [[Abdul Haq Khan (advocate)|Abdul Haq Khan]]
* [[Ghulam Nabi Wani]]
* [[Nasir Aslam Wani]]

==See also==
*[[Kupwara district]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://ikashmir.net/pilgrimage/lolab.html Lolab Valley]

{{Kashmir Valley}}

[[Category:Valleys of Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:River valleys of India]]
[[Category:Kupwara district]]

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