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'''Yol''' is a [[cantonment]] town in [[Kangra district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]].

==History==
The town gets its name from YOL (Young Officers Living), a small town established by [[British Indian Army]] around 1849. The Yol Cantt. (cantonment) was built in 1942. Formerly it was known as "majhaitha" village. Yol is the headquarters of the [[IX Corps (India)|9 Corps]] of [[Indian Army]].

Yol was the location of a [[Prisoner-of-war camp]] which hosted [[Germany|German]] soldiers in the [[First World War]] and [[Italy|Italian]] soldiers in the [[Second World War]]. [[Frogman]] [[Elios Toschi]], a member of the pre-[[Armistice between Italy and Allied armed forces|Armistice]] [[Decima Flottiglia MAS]] and inventor of the [[manned torpedo|"maiale"]], was one of the very few to escape from the camp. After the war, the former [[POW]] facility hosted [[Tibetan people|ethnic Tibetan]] refugees from China.

==Geography==
Yol is located at {{Coord|32.17|N|76.2|E|}} <ref>[http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/11/Yol.html Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Yol]</ref> in Kangra district. It has an average elevation of {{convert|1221|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>[http://www.mcllo.com www.mcllo.com An informative, Travel website of Kangra Valley - Yol Information]</ref>

Yol is situated 10 km southwest of [[Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh|Dharamsala]] on the Dharamshala-[[Chamunda]] Devi-[[Palampur]] road and about 15 km northeast of [[Kangra, Himachal Pradesh|Kangra]] town. The nearest railway station is Nagrota Bagwan about 12 km away in south on {{RailGauge|762mm}} [[narrow gauge]] railway line originating at Pathankot. The nearest broad gauge railhead is [[Pathankot]]. The nearest airport is [[Gaggal]] airport (IATA airport code DHM), also known as Kangra airport, about 15 km to the west through Dharamshala.

==Demographics==
{{As of|2001}} India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archive-date=16 June 2004|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|access-date=1 November 2008|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Yol had a population of 10,772. Males constitute 52% of the population and females 48%. Yol has an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 74%. In Yol, 12% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|en}} https://web.archive.org/web/20100919002944/http://www.shipwrecksofegypt.com:80/images/shippages/gondar.html Site of the ''Gondar'' wreck off Alexandria harbour
* {{in lang|it}} http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/la+storia+dei+diecimila+soldati+italiani+prigionieri+in+india+%281a+parte%29.0085440 History of the 10,000 Italian POWs in Yol (part one)
* {{in lang|it}} http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/a.0085800 History of the 10,000 Italian POWs in Yol (part two)
* {{in lang|it}} http://www.loccidentale.it/articolo/elenco+dei+prigionieri+italiani+a+yol+(india).0085514 List of the Italian POWs in Yol camp (may be subject to updates).

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