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Jammu and Kashmir
India: Jhelum River at Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir.
Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent.1
It is geographically centered on the plains surrounding Jammu in the south and the Vale of Kashmir in the north. The territory is bounded by the following regions:1
- East: The Indian union territory of Ladakh1
- South: The Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab1
- Southwest: Pakistan1
- Northwest: The Pakistani-administered portion of the Kashmir region1
The territory was formerly a state until it was reorganized on October 31, 2019, following legislation that separated the Ladakh region into its own union territory.1