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Lower Dir District (Pashto: ښکته دير ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر زیریں) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [2] Timergara is the district's headquarters and largest city. [2] The Lower Dir district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts. [2]
Dir District. / 35.167°N 72.000°E / 35.167; 72.000. Dir is a region in northwestern Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in the foothills of the Himalayas. Before the independence of Pakistan, Dir was a princely state, and it remained so until 1969 when it was abolished by a presidential declaration, [ 1] and the Dir District was ...
823 m (2,700 ft) Timergara ( Pashto: تيمرګره, Urdu: تیمرگرہ) is a city and the district headquarters of the Lower Dir District and temporary headquarter of newly established Central Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Timergara city is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of 823 metres ...
Ouch ( / uːtʃ /, Pashto: اوچ) is a town in the Lower Dir District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The town has seen extensive expansion and enjoys good communication as it is located on the main N45 Dir Road, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Chakdara. The region is about 138 km (86 mi) away from Peshawar and 48 km (30 ...
When the North-West Frontier Province (the former name of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) formed in November 1901, it was divided into five "settled districts": Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, Hazara, Kohat, and Peshawar, and a "trans-border tract" of land which encompassed five "Political Agencies": Khyber, Kurram, Malakand, Tochi, and Wano. [ 1]
UTC+5 ( PST) Chakdara (چکدرہ) is a city in the Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the second largest city in Dir Lower after Timergara. It serves as a gateway of Malakand Division. It is located in the center of Malakand Division at the entrance of the Lower Dir District, also near the entrance of the Swat District.
Maidan is a valley in the Lower Dir District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The inhabitants of Maidan are Pashtuns. The most numerous tribe living in Maidan is Ismailzai or Samelzai. It is one of the four clans of Tarkani also called Tarkalani tribe. Maidan was not directly under the control of Pakistan government at the time ...
Collection size. 2161. Owner. Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Dir Museum, also known as Chakdara Museum, is located in Chakdara, Lower Dir District, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The museum offers a fine and unique collection of Gandharan Art. [1]