Shangla District

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Shangla District is a mountainous and rural administrative district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its scenic valleys and as the birthplace of education activist Ziauddin Yousafzai.

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Shangla District canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeUnit tehsil
borderedBy Battagram District
Buner District
Kohistan District
Malakand Division
surface form: Malakand District

Swat District
Tor Ghar District
capital Alpuri
characteristic rural
climate humid subtropical to temperate
containsSettlement Alpuri
Bisham
Chakesar
Kana
Martung
Puran
country Pakistan
economicActivity forestry
small-scale mining
subsistence agriculture
feature frequent landslides
narrow valleys
steep slopes
hasNotablePerson Malala Yousafzai’s family origin
Ziauddin Yousafzai
hasPart Alpuri Tehsil
Bisham Tehsil
Chakesar Tehsil
Kana Tehsil
Martung Tehsil
Puran Tehsil
hasValley Alpuri Valley
Alpuri Valley
surface form: Chakesar Valley

Kana Valley
Martung Valley
Puran Valley
headquarters Alpuri
knownFor birthplace of Ziauddin Yousafzai
forested mountains
scenic valleys
locatedIn northern Pakistan
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush
surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
majorRiver Indus River
partOf Malakand Division
primaryLanguageSpoken Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
religionMajority Islam
secondaryLanguageSpoken Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
terrainFeature hilly
mountainous
utcOffset +05:00

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Ziauddin Yousafzai placeOfBirth Shangla District
Swat District borderedBy Shangla District
Kohistan District borders Shangla District
Battagram District hasBorderWith Shangla District
Torghar District hasBorderWith Shangla District
Buner District borderedBy Shangla District