Chitral District

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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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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

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Birir Valley locatedIn Chitral District
Birir Valley administrativeUnit Chitral District
this entity surface form: Lower Chitral District
Birir Valley accessFrom Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral town
Kunar River flowsThrough Chitral District
Kunar River passesNear Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Kohistan District borders Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Kalasha language spokenIn Chitral District
Joshi festival location Chitral District
Chawmos festival location Chitral District
Dir connectsTo Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Dir borderingRegion Chitral District
Lowari Tunnel locatedIn Chitral District
Lowari Tunnel connects Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Lowari Tunnel isStrategicFor Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral region
N-45 connectsRegion Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Princely State of Swat borderedBy Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Norwegian–British expedition region Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Malakand Pass controlsAccessTo Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Kho people nativeTo Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Kho people culturalRegion Chitral District
this entity surface form: Upper Chitral
Kho people culturalRegion Chitral District
this entity surface form: Lower Chitral
Kho people populationCenter Chitral District
this entity surface form: Upper Chitral District
Kho people populationCenter Chitral District
this entity surface form: Lower Chitral District
Chitral River basin contains Chitral District
this entity surface form: Upper Chitral District
Chitral River basin contains Chitral District
this entity surface form: Lower Chitral District
Chitral River locatedIn Chitral District
Chitral River nearbyCity Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Shina people significantPopulationIn Chitral District
Tirich Mir West locatedInDistrict Chitral District
Dardic peoples geographicDistribution Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Khan Abdul Qayyum Khan placeOfBirth Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Roof of the World Polo Ground associatedWithRegion Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Laspur Valley locatedIn Chitral District
this entity surface form: Upper Chitral District
Laspur Valley partOf Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral Division
Phander Valley onRouteTo Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Ghizer District bordersWith Chitral District
Dardic languages spokenIn Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Arniya spokenIn Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral region
Chitrari spokenIn Chitral District
this entity surface form: Chitral
Chitrari primaryRegion Chitral District