Mirpur, Azad Kashmir Region, Pakistan
🇵🇰 🇧🇩 Mirpur, officially known as New Mirpur City is the capital of Mirpur district located in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the 2nd largest city of Azad Kashmir and 74th largest city in Pakistan.
A significant portion of the population from the district, the Mirpuri diaspora, migrated to the United Kingdom in the mid-to-late 1950s and in the early 1960s, mostly to West Yorkshire, East and West Midlands, Birmingham, Luton, Peterborough, Derby and East London. Mirpur is thus sometimes known as "Little England". Many British products are found, and many shops in the city accept the pound sterling.
The city itself has gone through a process of modernisation, but most of the surrounding area relies on agriculture.
Karachi Time
Mirpur has a population of over 124,352 people. Mirpur also forms the centre of the wider Mirpur District which has a population of over 456,200 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Mirpur has links with:
🏴 Bradford, England