Chitral District

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administrative territorial entity district

Chitral District is a mountainous region in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its ethnic and linguistic diversity, including several indigenous Indo-Iranian language communities.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
Chitral 7
Chitral town 4
Chitral Valley 3

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative territorial entity ⓘ
district ⓘ
borders Afghanistan ⓘ
Gilgit-Baltistan ⓘ
Swat District ⓘ
Upper Dir District ⓘ
capital Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chitral
connectedTo Dir District via Lowari Pass ⓘ
Ghizer District via Shandur Pass ⓘ
contains Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chitral (town)
country Pakistan ⓘ
hasAttraction Shandur Polo Ground ⓘ
hasClimate cold temperate ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Gujar communities ⓘ
surface form: Gujars

Kalash people ⓘ
Kho people ⓘ
Pashtuns ⓘ
hasFeature deep valleys ⓘ
high mountain peaks ⓘ
hasFestival Shandur Polo Festival ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguage Kalash Valleys ⓘ
surface form: Kalasha-mun

Khowar ⓘ
Persian-related varieties ⓘ
hasIndigenousLanguageFamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
hasMajorityReligion Islam ⓘ
hasMinorityReligion Kalash people ⓘ
surface form: Kalash religion
hasPass Lowari Pass ⓘ
Shandur Pass ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Chitral Gol National Park ⓘ
hasRiver Chitral River ⓘ
hasValley Birir Valley ⓘ
Bumburet Valley ⓘ
Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chitral Valley

Kalash Valleys ⓘ
Rumbur Valley ⓘ
knownFor ethnic diversity ⓘ
linguistic diversity ⓘ
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ⓘ
northern Pakistan ⓘ
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush ⓘ
locatedOn border with Afghanistan’s Badakhshan Province ⓘ
border with Afghanistan’s Nuristan Province ⓘ
partOf Malakand Division ⓘ
terrain mountainous ⓘ
timeZone Pakistan Standard Time ⓘ
traversedBy Chitral River ⓘ
utcOffset +05:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

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

Kalash Valleys → accessVia → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral town
Lowari Pass → accessesValley → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral Valley
Nuristani people → borderRegionWith → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral region of Pakistan
Chitral District → capital → Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Lowari Pass → connects → Chitral District ⓘ
Shandur Pass → connects → Chitral District ⓘ
Shandur Pass → connects → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Lowari Pass → connectsRegion → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Chitral District → contains → Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral (town)
Kalash Valleys → culturalRegion → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa → hasRegion → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Noshaq → hasSlopesIn → Chitral District ⓘ
Chitral District → hasValley → Chitral District self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral Valley
Tirich Mir → isHighestPointOf → Chitral District ⓘ
Malakand Division → knownFor → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral Valley
Tirich Mir → liesNorthOf → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral town
Tirich Mir → locatedIn → Chitral District ⓘ
Lowari Pass → locatedNear → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Tirich Mir → near → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral town
Shandur Pass → poloFestivalMainTeams → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Kamviri language → region → Chitral District ⓘ
Khowar → region → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Kalash people → residence → Chitral District ⓘ
Shandur Pass → roadAccessFrom → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral
Khowar → spokenIn → Chitral District ⓘ
Nuristani languages → spokenIn → Chitral District ⓘ
Shina → spokenIn → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Tirich Mir → visibleFrom → Chitral District ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chitral town