Mardan District

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Mardan District is an administrative district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its agricultural economy and the historic Buddhist site of Takht-i-Bahi.

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Label Occurrences
Mardan District canonical 15
District Council Mardan 1
Mardan region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeType district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
borderedBy Buner District
Charsadda District
Malakand District
Nowshera District
Swabi
surface form: Swabi District
capital Mardan
climate humid subtropical climate
containsSettlement Ghari Kapura
Katlang
Lund Khwar
Mardan
Rustam
Takht-i-Bahi
country Pakistan
economy agriculture-based economy
hasAgriculturalActivity fruit orchards
maize cultivation
sugarcane cultivation
tobacco cultivation
wheat cultivation
hasEducationalInstitution Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Women University Mardan
hasHeritageSite Sahr-i-Bahlol
Takht-i-Bahi
hasHistoricalPeriodOfSignificance Gandhara civilization
surface form: Gandhara period
hasIndustry sugar mills
textile mills
tobacco processing
hasLocalGovernment Mardan District self-linksurface differs
surface form: District Council Mardan
hasRiver Kalpani River
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Takht-i-Bahi
historicalRegion Kamboja–Gandhara region
surface form: Gandhara
knownFor fertile agricultural land
historic Buddhist monastic complex of Takht-i-Bahi
languageUsed Pashto language
surface form: Pashto

Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInRegion Peshawar Division
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns
religion Islam
transportInfrastructure Mardan–Nowshera Road
Mardan–Swabi Road
utcOffset +05:00

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Mardan Division contains Mardan District
Mardan Division hasDistricts Mardan District
Mardan isCapitalOf Mardan District
Mardan administrativeUnit Mardan District
Charsadda District borderedBy Mardan District
Buner District borderedBy Mardan District
Takht-i-Bahi locatedIn Mardan District
Sahr-i-Bahlol locatedIn Mardan District
Women University Mardan region Mardan District
Mardan cricket team represents Mardan District
Mardan cricket team region Mardan District
this entity surface form: Mardan region
MDN usedInAdministrativeUnit Mardan District
Mardan–Nowshera Road locatedIn Mardan District
Mardan–Nowshera Road regionServed Mardan District
Mardan District hasLocalGovernment Mardan District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: District Council Mardan
Mardan Bypass locatedIn Mardan District