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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 created the following year.
As of the 2023 census, Upper Dir district has 149,536 households and a population of 1,083,566.The district has a sex ratio of 98.36 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 46.77%: 62.76% for males and 31.67% for females. 392,214 (36.24% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 47,842 (4.42%) live in urban areas.
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]
Lal Qila (Pashto/Urdu: لعل قلعه) is a town and a union council of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. it lies in Dir, K.P.K., Pakistan and its geographical coordinates are 34°57′10″N 71°48′41E". Lower Dir District has 37 union councils with a population of 797,852, according to the 1998 census report.
Dir (Urdu, Pashto: دیر) is a city in the Upper Dir District of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is sometimes known as Dir Khas (Proper Dir) to distinguish it from the district's name, Dir (Upper and Lower). [citation needed] It lies along the Dir River, a tributary of the Panjkora River. [1]
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 (2,700 ft).
Patrak, also known as Rajkot, is an administrative unit, known as Union Council, of Upper Dir District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Patrak located in the middle of two river named Guwaldi River and Komrat River. Upper Dir is administratively subdivided into six tehsils which contain a total of 28 Union Councils.
Rabat is a union council of Lower Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Located 15 km away from District Headquarter Timergara.The people of rabat is Yousafzai (Nasra din Khel (Khanates of Rabat), painda Khel, mashwani, rudhbari, gujjar, Sayyad's , ) .