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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = [[Union councils of Pakistan|Union council]]
| name            = Dewal Sharif
| image_skyline   = Dewal Murree UC.svg
| imagesize       = 300px
| image_alt       =
| image_caption   = Dewal Sharif is located in the north of [[Murree Tehsil]]
| subdivision_type  = [[Country]]
| subdivision_name  = {{flag|Pakistan}}
| subdivision_type1 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|Province]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Subdivisions of Pakistan|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Murree District|Murree]]
| subdivision_type3 = [[Tehsil]]
| subdivision_name3 = Murree
| population_total     = 11,052
| population_as_of     =
| population_footnotes =
| leader_title = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|MNA]]
| leader_name = [[Sardar Noor Khan]]
| leader_title1 =
| leader_name1 =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Dewal''' also known as '''Dewal Sharif''' is a [[Union Councils of Pakistan|Union council]] of [[Murree Tehsil]], a sub division of [[Murree District]] in the [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]] province of [[Pakistan]].<ref>[http://www.rawalpindi.gov.pk/town_admin.php Official Website of City District Government of Rawalpindi] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209161525/http://www.rawalpindi.gov.pk/town_admin.php |date=December 9, 2007 }}</ref>
According to the 1998 census of Pakistan it had a population of 11,052.<ref>1998 Census of Pakistan</ref>
==Dewal and Dewal Shareef==
Dewal is a [[Sanskrit]] word means a small temple, but Pir Abdul Majid (Pir Sahib Dewal Shareef) who migrated to [[Rawalpindi]] in mid fifties last century and established a [[shrine]] with the support of Ex-[[President of Pakistan]] General [[Ayub Khan (Field Marshal)|Ayub Khan]],<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.murreehill.com/polhis.html | title=Political History of Murree | access-date=2011-09-28 | archive-date=2016-03-03 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232541/http://www.murreehill.com/polhis.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> in Faizabad between [[Islamabad]] and Rawalpindi translated and Islamized [[Hindu]] small temple common noun Dewal into Dewal Shareef.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://murreehills.sitesled.com/places/places_dewal.htm |title=Murree Hills |access-date=2011-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001091955/http://murreehills.sitesled.com/places/places_dewal.htm |archive-date=2011-10-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References==
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{{Neighbourhoods of Murree}}
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[[Category:Union councils of Murree Tehsil]]
[[Category:Populated places in Murree Tehsil]]
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