Kulgam

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Settlement.name: Kulgam
Settlement.native_name: Kolgom
Settlement.native_name_lang: ks
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Jammu and Kashmir#India
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Jammu and Kashmir, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Union territory
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jammu and Kashmir
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kulgam
Settlement.established_title: Settled
Settlement.government_type: Democracy
Settlement.governing_body: Govt. of Jammu & Kashmir
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 18.51
Settlement.elevation_m: 1739

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District Kulgam, Government of Jammu and Kashmir,Picturesque place nestling on the bank of river Veshaw | India

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Official name: کۄلگوم
Population: 23584
Area: 1067
Elevation: 1739
Official website: kulgam.gov.in
Image: Anantnag J&K.jpg
Dialing code: 1931

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postal code: 192231

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Kulgam (), known as Kolgom () in Kashmiri, is a town, an administrative division and capital of the Kulgam district in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is located at a distance of from the summer state capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. The city is divided into 16 electoral wards that has a population of 23,584, of which 12,605 are males while 10,979 are females.

==Geography== The partial excavation of an archaeological site in a nearby village called Kutbal has yielded cultural material from the period of Kushan rule in the region. Stamped tiles, which were excavated from the site, indicated the taste and living standard of the population. "These excavations speak of high culture, civic sense, social norms and art of the people living in first century AD."