Mangla (Urdu: منگلا) is a town situated in District Mirpur within the region of Azad Kashmir.

It is surrounded on three sides by the semicurvature of river Jhelum flowing North to South.

[3] At the time of construction of the Mangla Dam, the villages of Sultanpure, Thill, Baral and Baruti across the river in Jhelum District were developed as residential colonies and offices for foreign workers and officials.

It hosts the Mangla Power Station, which is the second largest in Pakistan.

[citation needed] After the completion of Mangla Dam, most of the Baral and Sultanpure Thill area was taken over by the Pakistan Army and converted into a Cantonment whereas a small section within the compound walls of Pakistan Army's officers residences, known as Baral Colony, was allotted to WAPDA named as WAPDA Officers Colony.