Sopore


Sopore, known as Suyyapur in antiquity, is a town in the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is north-west of Srinagar, and north-east from the city of Baramulla.
Sopore City has Asia's second largest fruit mandi And Largest Fresh Water Lake Known As Walur Lake. it is known as the "Apple Town". Apart from fruit mandi, Sopore is near to one of Asia's largest freshwater lakes, Wular Lake.

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. It was engineer Suyya's idea to throw coins into flooded land not the king.
Pashtun tribesmen such as Mehsud and Afridi from mountainous region of North-West Frontier Province of the newly formed state of Pakistan invaded Sopore on 22 October 1947. In 1989, Sopore became a focus of the separatist activities and violence with frequent protests and strikes.

Demographics

, Sopore had a population of 118,608 and area of.

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. Bashir Ahmad Bhat who is an administrator, has served the sub-division between August 2015 to April 2017 as the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.

Education

The main public educational institutions in Sopore are Government Boys Higher Secondary School Sopore, Government Girls Higher Secondary School Sopore, Muslim Education Trust, Government Degree College Sopore,,Model Public School Sopore Government Degree College for Women Sopore, Sopore Law College, Industrial Training Institute Jalalabad and Prime Public School Zaingeer. The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology is located in Wadoora, Sopore.