Murree is a mountain resort city, located in the Galyat region of the Pir Panjal Range, within the Murree District of Punjab, Pakistan. It forms the outskirts of the Islamabad-Rawalpindi metropolitan area, and is about 30 km 19 mi northeast of Islamabad. It has average altitude of 2,291 metres 7,516 ft. The British built this town during their rule to escape the scorching heat in the plains of Punjab during the summer. Galyat region, or hill tract, also written Galliat and Galiyat is a narrow strip or area roughly 50–80 km north-east of Islamabad, Pakistan, extending on both sides of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Punjab border, between Abbottabad and Murree. The word itself is derived from the plural of the Urdu word gali, which means an alley between two mountains.

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