Original: The district is bounded by Muzaffarabad District to the north, with Poonch district to the south, and with Poonch District of the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to the east and is bounded to Punjab (Pakistan) in the west.
Simplified: The district is bordered by Muzaffarabad District to the north, by Punjab in the east. It also also borders the divided district of Poonch, to the south is the Poonch District of Azad Kashmir and to the east is the Poonch District of India's Jammu and Kashmir state.