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'''Pampore''' ({{IPA-ur|pəmpoːr}}), known as '''Pampar'''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/Wkmv_kashir-encyclopedia-vol-1-jk-culture-academy/mode/1up|title=Kashir Encyclopedia|publisher=Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Arts Culture and Languages|year=1986|volume=1|pages=86|language=ks}}</ref> ({{IPA-ks|paːmpar}}) or '''Panpar''' ({{IPA-ks|pãːpar}}) in [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], is a historical town situated on the eastern side of [[river Jehlum]] on [[Jammu-Srinagar National Highway]] in the [[India]]n-administered [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It was known as '''Padampur''' in antiquity.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chib|first=Sukhdev Singh|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9OkeAAAAMAAJ&q=bibliogroup:%2522Chib,+Sukhdev+Singh%2522&dq=bibliogroup:%2522Chib,+Sukhdev+Singh%2522|title=Jammu and Kashmir|publisher=Light & Life Publishers|year=1977|pages=60|quote=The entire process of saffron growing, harvesting, picking and drying is done in Pampore, which was known as Padampur in ancient times. India is the second largest producer of Saffron in the world after Spain}}</ref> It is famous for its [[saffron]] and known as the Saffron town of Kashmir. Pampore is one of the few places in the world where saffron, the world's most expensive spice, grows. The area is about {{convert|11|km|mi}} from Srinagar city centre Lal Chowk.  Areas of Pampore typically have -''bal'' as a suffix, such as the localities of Namlabal, Kadlabal, Drangbal, Frestabal, and Letrabal. Pampore has three lakes as well which have been entitled as wetlands. One of the lakes is known as Sarbal Lake. The Sarbal Lake is situated on the way from Tulbagh to Wuyan through saffron fields near Chatlam. On the basis of its location near Chatlam, it is also known as Chatlam Wetland. People of Chatlam have requested the Department of Tourism and Department of Wildlife to announce and develop the place as a picnic spot for tourists as it offers a beautiful view of migratory birds from a distance in autumn and winter and native birds in spring and summer.{{Citation needed|date=June 2021}}