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| population_demonym = Sopori, Soporian، (سۄپرؠکؠ ) | | population_demonym = Sopori, Soporian، (سۄپرؠکؠ ) | ||
| population_footnotes = <ref name=PART_B_DCHB_BARAMULA/><ref name=Census2011-town_pop>{{cite report |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A4.html |title=A-4 Towns And Urban Agglomerations Classified By Population Size Class In 2011 With Variation Since 1901 |work=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}<br>{{cite report |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/CLASS%20II.xlsx |title=Class - II Population of 50,000 and 99,999}}</ref> | | population_footnotes = <ref name=PART_B_DCHB_BARAMULA/><ref name=Census2011-town_pop>{{cite report |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A4.html |title=A-4 Towns And Urban Agglomerations Classified By Population Size Class In 2011 With Variation Since 1901 |work=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India}}<br />{{cite report |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/CLASS%20II.xlsx |title=Class - II Population of 50,000 and 99,999}}</ref> | ||
| demographics_type2 = Demographics | | demographics_type2 = Demographics | ||
| demographics2_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]] | | demographics2_title1 = [[Literacy in India|Literacy rate]] | ||
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'''Sopore''', known as '''Suyyapur''' in antiquity,<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OLvIvL5dcOQC&pg=PA26 |author=Jyoteeshwar Pathik|title=Glimpses of History of Jammu & Kashmir|date=January 1997|quote=Suyya who was a great engineer is said to have drained a large chunk of wasteland during his regime. His memory is commemorated by Suyyapur or Sopore, a township in Baramulla district.|publisher =Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788174884800| accessdate=2 December 2010}}</ref> is a town in the [[Baramulla district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It is {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Srinagar]], and {{convert|16|km|abbr=on|0}} north-east from the city of [[Baramulla]]. | '''Sopore''', known as '''Suyyapur''' in antiquity,<ref>{{cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=OLvIvL5dcOQC&pg=PA26 |author=Jyoteeshwar Pathik|title=Glimpses of History of Jammu & Kashmir|date=January 1997|quote=Suyya who was a great engineer is said to have drained a large chunk of wasteland during his regime. His memory is commemorated by Suyyapur or Sopore, a township in Baramulla district.|publisher =Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd.|isbn=9788174884800| accessdate=2 December 2010}}</ref> is a town in the [[Baramulla district]] of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. It is {{convert|45|km|abbr=on}} north-west of [[Srinagar]], and {{convert|16|km|abbr=on|0}} north-east from the city of [[Baramulla]]. | ||
Sopore Town has Asia's second largest fruit mandi (wholesale market).<ref name="mandi">{{ | Sopore Town has Asia's second largest fruit mandi (wholesale market).<ref name="mandi">{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/business/asia-s-2nd-largest-fruit-mandi-at-sopore-in-shambles/176930.html |title= Asia's 2nd largest fruit mandi at Sopore in shambles |access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> It is also known as the Apple Town of Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/community/apple-town-sopore-sees-cold-war-between-separatists-militant-cadre/92119.html |title=Apple town Sopore sees cold war between separatists, militant cadre |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]] |date=10 June 2015 |first1=Azhar |last1=Qadri |access-date=4 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025855/http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/community/apple-town-sopore-sees-cold-war-between-separatists-militant-cadre/92119.html |archive-date=7 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://scroll.in/article/937210/in-kashmirs-apple-town-fruit-growers-are-caught-between-government-and-gunmen |work=The Scroll |date=14 September 2019 |first1=Safwat |last1=Zargar |title=In Kashmir's apple town, fruit growers are caught between government and gunmen}}</ref> Apart from fruit mandi, Sopore is near to one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes, [[Wular Lake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.discoveredindia.com/jammu-and-kashmir/attractions/rivers-and-lakes/wular-lake.htm |title=Wular Lake |access-date=2017-11-04}}</ref> | ||
Sopore is very famous for a tourist place called Rajpora Rampora which falls 20kms away from the main Town of sopore in its northern range.the place is located at a very high altitude. | |||
The famous Eco park and some margs like baldaji,nagmarg are Worth visiting. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Sopore was founded by Utpala [[engineer]] and irrigation minister Suyya during the reign of king Avantivarman in 880 CE. As such the name of the city is Suyya-pur, which has been shortened to Sopore. When the engineer Suyya was working in Sopore no people were coming forth to plunge themselves in gushing water. The king, Avantiverman, thereupon ordered that a part of treasury may be thrown into the water; consequently, a large number of people plunged into the river to get as many coins as they could.<ref name="Suyya">{{cite book|title=Kashur The Kashmiri Speaking People: Analytical Perspective|first=Mohini Qasba|last=Raina|publisher=Partridge Publishing Singapore|year=2013|isbn=978-1482-899-47-4|page=9}}</ref> It was engineer Suyya's idea to throw coins into flooded land not the king. | Sopore was founded by Utpala [[engineer]] and irrigation minister Suyya during the reign of king Avantivarman in 880 CE. As such the name of the city is Suyya-pur, which has been shortened to Sopore. When the engineer Suyya was working in Sopore no people were coming forth to plunge themselves in gushing water. The king, Avantiverman, thereupon ordered that a part of treasury may be thrown into the water; consequently, a large number of people plunged into the river to get as many coins as they could.<ref name="Suyya">{{cite book|title=Kashur The Kashmiri Speaking People: Analytical Perspective|first=Mohini Qasba|last=Raina|publisher=Partridge Publishing Singapore|year=2013|isbn=978-1482-899-47-4|page=9}}</ref> It was engineer Suyya's idea to throw coins into flooded land not the king. | ||
Pashtun tribesmen such as [[Mehsud]] and [[Afridi tribe|Afridi]] from mountainous region of [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] (NWFP) of the newly formed state of [[Pakistan]] invaded Sopore on 22 October 1947.<ref>{{ | Pashtun tribesmen such as [[Mehsud]] and [[Afridi tribe|Afridi]] from mountainous region of [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–1955)|North-West Frontier Province]] (NWFP) of the newly formed state of [[Pakistan]] invaded Sopore on 22 October 1947.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmir-information.com/KoshSam/Kashmir_Affairs.html|title=The Story of Kashmir Affairs – A Peep into the Past|access-date=1 May 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618193757/http://kashmir-information.com/KoshSam/Kashmir_Affairs.html|archive-date=18 June 2014}}</ref> In 1989, Sopore became a focus of the separatist activities and violence with frequent protests and strikes. | ||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
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==Administration== | ==Administration== | ||
Sopore is one of the largest subdivisions of the state with 7 tehsils. And it is also the oldest existing subdivision of the state.<ref>http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/briefs/clamour-for-district-status-to-sopore-goes-louder/164029.html</ref> Bashir Ahmad Bhat (KAS) who is an administrator, has served the sub-division between August 2015 to April 2017 as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.<ref>http://jkrevenue.nic.in/SRO.html</ref> | Sopore is one of the largest subdivisions of the state with 7 tehsils. And it is also the oldest existing subdivision of the state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/briefs/clamour-for-district-status-to-sopore-goes-louder/164029.html |title=Clamour for district status to Sopore goes louder |website=www.greaterkashmir.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021195912/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/briefs/clamour-for-district-status-to-sopore-goes-louder/164029.html |archive-date=2016-10-21}} </ref> Bashir Ahmad Bhat (KAS) who is an administrator, has served the sub-division between August 2015 to April 2017 as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.<ref>http://jkrevenue.nic.in/SRO.html {{dead link|date=March 2022}}</ref> | ||
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
The main public educational institutions in Sopore are Government Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore, Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore, Nether Field Secondary School, Apex Public School, Sanctorum Public School,Welkin Higher Secondary School, Muslim Education Trust, [[Government Degree College Sopore]], Model Public School Sopore Government Degree College for Women Sopore, [[Sopore Law College]], Industrial Training Institute Jalalabad<ref>{{cite web|title=Industrial Training Institute , welkin educational trust, nether field school,Jalalabad|url=http://itisopore.com|work=Industrial Training Institute Jalalabad|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> and [[Prime Public School, Zaingeer|Prime Public School Zaingeer]]. The [[Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology]] is located in Wadoora, Sopore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty of Agriculture|url=http://www.skuastkashmir.ac.in/frmFacultyAgriculture.aspx|work=Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>baramulla.nic.in</ref> | The main public educational institutions in Sopore are Government Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore, Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore, Nether Field Secondary School, Apex Public School, Sanctorum Public School,Welkin Higher Secondary School, Muslim Education Trust, [[Government Degree College Sopore]], Model Public School Sopore Government Degree College for Women Sopore, [[Sopore Law College]], Industrial Training Institute Jalalabad<ref>{{cite web|title=Industrial Training Institute , welkin educational trust, nether field school,Jalalabad|url=http://itisopore.com|work=Industrial Training Institute Jalalabad|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref> and [[Prime Public School, Zaingeer|Prime Public School Zaingeer]]. The [[Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology]] is located in Wadoora, Sopore.<ref>{{cite web|title=Faculty of Agriculture|url=http://www.skuastkashmir.ac.in/frmFacultyAgriculture.aspx|work=Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir|access-date=22 June 2019}}</ref><ref>baramulla.nic.in</ref> Ahmad Memorial Highfield Scientific School Dangerpora Sopore. | ||
== Zaingair Youth Sports Carnival == | |||
A three days long Zaingeer Sports Carnival was organised at Zaingeer Sopore by Sopore Rashtriya Rifles of Indian Army in collaboration with Zaingair Youth & Sports Association. | |||
The concluding function was attended by huge gathering of people. | |||
A three days long Athletics based Sports Carnival was organized for the people of higher reaches of Zaingair region, Sopore, Baramulla and Bandipora District in which 10 sports teams and 28 youth associations participated with several sports activities including Volleyball, Kho Kho, Kabadi, Marshall Art etc.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mega sports event organized in Zaingair Sopore |url=http://brighterkashmir.com//news/mega-sports-event-organized-in-zaingair-sopore |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Brighter Kashmir}}</ref> | |||
On the occasion, Many sports activities were held including Marathon Race of 200 Meter of Under 17 girls and 400 Meter race of under 25 Boys besides all athletic sports and track activities of Kho Kho, Volleyball, Kabadi etc were part of the sports festival. Winners were awarded with medals and other attractive prizes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=zaingair Youth Sports Carnival organised to rejuvenate sport’s culture in Sopore - The News Now |url=https://www.thenewsnow.co.in/newsdet.aspx?q=144524 |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.thenewsnow.co.in}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||