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{{Other uses|Zakura}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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| official_name = Zukura, Zukur
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Kashmir Division|Kashmir]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[List of districts of Jammu and Kashmir|District]]
| subdivision_name3 = [[Srinagar district|Srinagar]]
| subdivision_type4 = [[List of constituencies of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
| subdivision_name4 = [[Hazratbal]]
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| postal_code = 190006
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'''Zakura''', also known as '''Zukura''' and '''Zukur''', is a notified area and town in the [[Srinagar district]] of the [[union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India. The town is the integral part of [[Hazratbal|Hazratbal constituency]]. The area is located about 12 km from commercial center of the [[Kashmir Valley]]. The area provides at least two major road links which connects municipal committee of [[Ganderbal district|Ganderbal]] with [[Srinagar district|Srinagar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://chennaisharetips.com/areas/zakura-srinagar-kashmir | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212610/http://chennaisharetips.com/areas/zakura-srinagar-kashmir | url-status=dead | archive-date=3 March 2016 | title=introduction about Zukura Srinagar | access-date=5 January 2015 }}</ref>

==Geography==
The area is located {{Coord|34.1589887|N|74.8316992|E}} 12 km towards North from the commercial center of Srinagar.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiamapia.com/Srinagar/zakura.html | title=indiamapia.com | access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref>

==History==
{{main article|Zakoora and Tengpora massacre}}
The people living in Zakura witnessed the slaughter of the human lives by Indian armed forces in the 20th century. The key event among all the brutal killings was Zakura Massacre. The Massacre was the killing of protesters calling for the implementation of a United Nations resolution regarding a plebiscite in Kashmir at Zakura Crossing in Srinagar on 1 March 1990. 40 people died in the incident.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=13 March 2015|title=Zakura, Tengpora carnages haunt survivors|url=https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/news/zakura-tengpora-carnages-haunt-survivors/|access-date=10 July 2020|website=Greater Kashmir|language=en-US}}

https://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/more/news/zakura-tengpora-carnages-haunt-survivors/?amp</ref>

==Demographics==
The postal code of the area is 190006.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://pincode.net.in/JAMMU_and_KASHMIR/SRINAGAR/Z/ZAKURA | title=pincode.net | access-date=5 January 2015}}</ref> [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] is the native language of the area, people also speak [[Urdu language|Urdu]] and [[English language|English]] fluently.

==Education==

===Institute of Asian Medical Sciences===
The college is considered one of the top medical colleges in valley. It provided major role and contribution in [[2014 Kashmir floods]], it was the only college in which vaccine injections were not destroyed by floods. It saved the life of many human beings.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iamskashmir.com/ | title=education in zukura | access-date=5 January 2015 | archive-date=10 March 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310092746/http://www.iamskashmir.com/ | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Buchpora]]

==References==
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{{India topics}}
{{Jammu and Kashmir topics}}
{{Municipalities of Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{Kashmir Valley}}

[[Category: Cities and towns in Srinagar district]]
[[Category:Srinagar district]]

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