Upper Dir District
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Upper Dir District is an administrative district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its mountainous terrain, scenic valleys, and location along key routes toward the northern regions.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Dir District canonical | 7 |
| Dir District | 1 |
| Upper Dir | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative district
ⓘ
district ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Dir ⓘ |
| borderWith |
Afghanistan
ⓘ
Chitral District ⓘ Lower Dir District ⓘ Swat District ⓘ |
| capital | Dir ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| country | Pakistan ⓘ |
| countrySubdivisionStatus | district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| governedAs | district-level local government unit ⓘ |
| hasBorderType | international border with Afghanistan ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
cold winters
ⓘ
mild to warm summers ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
agriculture
ⓘ
livestock rearing ⓘ small-scale trade ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
forested hills
ⓘ
remote mountainous villages ⓘ river valleys ⓘ |
| hasRiver | Panjkora River ⓘ |
| hasRouteTo | northern regions of Pakistan ⓘ |
| hasTerrainFeature |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
scenic valleys ⓘ |
| hasValley | Dir Valley ⓘ |
| knownFor |
access to northern tourist routes
ⓘ
mountain landscapes ⓘ natural beauty ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Hindu Kush ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Malakand Division ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
routes toward Chitral
ⓘ
routes toward Gilgit-Baltistan (via Chitral) ⓘ |
| majorLanguage |
Pashto language
ⓘ
surface form:
Pashto
|
| majorReligion | Islam ⓘ |
| partOf |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
ⓘ
western Pakistan ⓘ
surface form:
northwestern Pakistan
|
| strategicImportance | connectivity between Malakand region and Chitral ⓘ |
| timeZoneOffset | +05:00 ⓘ |
| traversedBy |
Dir–Chitral road
ⓘ
Lowari Pass ⓘ
surface form:
Lowari Pass route
Lowari Tunnel ⓘ
surface form:
Lowari Tunnel route
|
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dir District
this entity surface form:
Upper Dir