Thandiani
Thandiani | |
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 Thandiani, Galyat | |
  Thandiani Location in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and in Pakistan  Thandiani Thandiani (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 34°14′N 73°21′E / 34.233°N 73.350°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Abbottabad District |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Thandiani is a hill station in the Galyat area of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan, about 37.5 kilometres (23.3 mi) northeast of Abbottabad District in the foothills of the Himalayas[1][2] and about 2,750 metres (9,020 ft) above sea level.
History
[edit]Thandiani was originally granted as a lease to some members of the Battye family[3] in British India, who were Christian missionaries and also worked in the British civil service and military.[citation needed] The Battyes subsequently gave the site to the Anglican church, where a sanatorium and various other facilities were set up during the British rule. It also contained some private European houses, a camping ground, a small bazaar, and a small seasonal church of Francis Xavier in the Wilderness which were occupied only during the summer months.[4]
Geology
[edit]The area gives its name to the Thandiani Group, a Jurassic-aged stratigraphic unit in northern Pakistan, composed primarily of shallow marine carbonates and representing deposition from the Early Toarcian to Middle Oxfordian stages. The term was introduced after the description provided by Charles Stewart Middlemiss in 1896 of the stratigraphy of Hazara.[5]
Forests and wildlife
[edit]The mountains around Thandiani are more thickly forested than most other hill stations in the area, which have undergone more deforestation. The local wildlife includes leopards, monkeys, several kinds of pheasants and the rarer flying squirrel and pine marten.[6]
2005 earthquake
[edit]Thandiani[7] and villages surrounding this area were damaged by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. In 2020 local residents had demanded reconstruction of the Thandiani-Muzaffarabad road, citing what they saw as ongoing neglect from the authorities and the fact that the onus for repairs fell on local residents. [8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Thandiani - Hill Station in Galyat". Thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ "Distance from Abbottabad". Google Maps. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ See 'Early Leases in the Hazara' in Major Wace's Full and Permanent Settlement Report of the Hazara District 1868-1874, Annex 1. pub. 1874, pp.379-380
- ^ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 23. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1908. p. 304. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Latif, Mir Abdul. "Explanatory Notes on the Geology of South Eastern Hazara, to Accompany the Revised Geological Map" (PDF). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt. Sonderband 15. Geologische Bundesanstalt, Wien. pp. 5–19. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ "Forests and Wildlife". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
- ^ Qureshi, Tania (1 September 2018). "The Magical Thandiani and Its Forgotten History". Daily Times. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Naqvi, Syed Kosar (29 August 2020). "Residents Seek Reconstruction of Thandiani-Muzaffarabad Road". The News International. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
External links
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Murree travel guide from Wikivoyage
