Dir

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human settlement town

Dir is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, historically serving as a key gateway between the northern valleys and the Lowari Pass route to Chitral.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dir canonical 9

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human settlement ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeStatusChange former princely state integrated as district in Pakistan ⓘ
borderingRegion Chitral District ⓘ
Swat Valley ⓘ
surface form: Swat region
connectsTo Chitral District ⓘ
surface form: Chitral

Lowari Pass ⓘ
northern valleys of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
country Pakistan ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
trade ⓘ
governedBy Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
hasCallingCode +92 ⓘ
hasClimate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitutionType colleges ⓘ
schools ⓘ
hasElevationCharacteristic mountainous terrain ⓘ
hasLocalGovernmentType tehsil-level administration ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic predominantly Pashtun ⓘ
hasPostalSystem Pakistan Post ⓘ
hasRoadImportance key route to Chitral via Lowari Pass ⓘ
hasRole gateway town ⓘ
hasSecurityJurisdiction Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police ⓘ
hasSettlementType urban center ⓘ
hasTransport intercity bus services ⓘ
historicallyPartOf Princely State of Dir ⓘ
historicalSignificance gateway between northern valleys and Lowari Pass route to Chitral ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Dir District ⓘ
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit North-West Frontier region ⓘ
surface form: North-West Frontier Province
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush ⓘ
surface form: Hindu Kush foothills
locatedInRegion northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
locatedNear Panjkora River ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Asia ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
mergedIntoPakistan 1969 ⓘ
nearbyPass Lowari Pass ⓘ
otherLanguageSpoken Urdu language ⓘ
surface form: Urdu
partOf Malakand Division ⓘ
primaryLanguageSpoken Pashto ⓘ
roadConnection N-45 National Highway ⓘ
servesAs transit point to Chitral ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lowari Pass → locatedNear → Dir ⓘ
Kumrat Valley → nearbyPlace → Dir ⓘ
Upper Dir District → capital → Dir ⓘ
Upper Dir District → administrativeCenter → Dir ⓘ
Lowari Tunnel → connects → Dir ⓘ
Princely State of Swat → borderedBy → Dir ⓘ
Lower Dir District → historicalRegion → Dir ⓘ
Malakand Pass → controlsAccessTo → Dir ⓘ
Panjkora River → nearbyTown → Dir ⓘ