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There are several
high peaks and mountains in the region. A brief
description of some important and beautiful
hills is given below.
Dana
Nooral: A
beautiful and large mountain located on the eastern bank of
Neelan stream nearly in the centre of the valley. There is a
village on the top at an elevation of round about 6000 feet.
The most of the population of this village belongs to the
Nooral branch of Karral Tribe; due to this it is called Dana
Nooral.
Siribang: It
is another beautiful mountain of the Haro Valley and the
highest mountain of Dist. Haripur. It is located in between
the Khanpur road and Kunhad stream and covered with pine
jungles. There are a few villages also on this mountain. These
villages are Siribang, Jab, Kohala paean etc. The elevation of
the highest peak is about 5700 feet.
Nara: The
Nara Mountain is the highest one with an elevation of about
7000 feet. It is located in the northeastern corner of the
valley. It is named on the Nara village.
Dubran: Last
village of dist. Abbottabad in the south west corner is
located on this mountain. It is a high and beautiful mountain
of the region, just apposite to the Siribang. This village was
the Base Camp of Karral Mujhaideen against Sikhs in 19th
century in the command of the Great Sardar Hashim Khan. The
whole mountain is surrounded by the beautiful forest. It is
also encircled by river Haro and its tributaries, with Haro
River in the South, Neelan stream in the East, Langrial nulla
in the North and Kunhad stream in the west but water is hardly
available on the top for the villagers. A water supply scheme
of more than rupees 10 million was launched by the government
but failed due to improper survey and poor management.
It
is a large mountain (about 6x8 km of area). Dubran village
comprises 17 hamlets scattered across the village. It is home
to around 4000 people and about 500 households. A majority of
the male folk speaks Urdu. However, Hindkoh is the lingua
franca of the area. Sardars (30%) and Awans (70%) are the
prominent casts. Despite majority, Awans, being the tenants,
used to follow decisions made by Sardars of the village.
Langrial Mountain: Another beautiful mountain
in the north of Dubran along the main Lora road.
Islamabad: The old name of the village
is Salwad, which was changed. It is a high and beautiful
mountain with pine jungle around it, in between the two main
streams of Haro River.
Nagri Hills: Located around the town of
Lora in the extreme eastern end of valley. These are foot
hills of Gallyat and Muree covered with forests and scattered
human settlements.
Ghoragali and Makhnial
Hills: Beautiful hills behind the
capital of Pakistan. Covered with scattered pine and scrub
forests and villages.
Sarla Mountain: Most famous mountain of the
valley. This was a thick jungle of Kahoo and other scrub trees
a few decades ago, full of barking deer and urials, but now
there is nothing in this mountain except scattered bushes. It
is located in the west of Khanpur dam. |