Muzafarabad district, located on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers, is totally hilly. The district is bounded to Pakistan in the west and to Kupwara and Baramulla districts of Kashmir in the east while Northern Areas fall on the northeast of the district. Total area of the district is 6117 square kilometers. Total population of the district according to 1998 census stands at 725,000 and according to 1999 projection its population stands at 741,000. The district comprises three tehsils. Muzaffarabad city in the district serves as capital of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Jhelum or Jehlum may mean: Jhelum River in India and Pakistan Jhelum City in Punjab, Pakistan Jhelum District in Punjab, Pakistan This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Neelum (Urdu: نیلم ) is a river in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. ... Kupwara District is located in Jammu and Kashmir, India. ... Baramulla is a district in the state of Jammu and Kashmir in north India. ... A Tehsil is an administrative subdivision or tier of local government in some South Asian countries. ... Muzaffarabad is the capital of the State of Azad Kashmir, located in the north of the state, which is part of the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with the Northern Areas. ... Azad Kashmir (formally the Islamic Republic of Azad Jammu and Kashmir) is part of the Pakistani-controlled part of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, along with the Northern Areas. ...

It was part of Muzaffarabad Division.