Malakand Division

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Malakand Division is an administrative division in northern Pakistan known for its mountainous terrain, strategic location near the Afghan border, and districts such as Swat and Dir.

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Label Occurrences
Malakand Division canonical 26
Malakand 2
Malakand region 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative division
former division of Pakistan
border Afghanistan
climate cold in high mountains
temperate in valleys
containsAdministrativeUnit Buner District
Chitral District
Lower Dir District
Malakand Protected Area
Shangla District
Swat District
Upper Dir District
country Pakistan
crossedBy Kunar River
Chitral River
surface form: Panjkora River

Swat River
ethnicGroup Pashtuns
governedUnder Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial administration
hasCharacteristic mountainous terrain
strategic location near the Afghan border
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
fruit orchards
small-scale trade with Afghanistan
tourism industry
hasPass Lowari Pass
Malakand Pass
historicalEvent British colonial military campaigns
Malakand uprising of 1897
conflict with militant groups in the 2000s
historicalStatus division status abolished in 2000 administrative reforms
knownFor Chitral District
surface form: Chitral Valley

Swat Valley
mountain passes
natural beauty
strategic military importance
tourism
language Khowar
Kohistani languages
Pashto language
surface form: Pashto
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northern Pakistan
majorReligion Islam
partOf Malakand Division self-linksurface differs
surface form: Malakand Region
strategicRoute access to Chitral
access to Dir
access to Swat
terrain Hindu Kush
surface form: Hindu Kush foothills

river valleys

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasRegion Malakand Division
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa hasRegion Malakand Division
this entity surface form: Malakand
Mingora partOf Malakand Division
Chitral District partOf Malakand Division
Swat partOf Malakand Division
subject surface form: Swat District
Malakand Division partOf Malakand Division self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Malakand Region
KP contains Malakand Division
subject surface form: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Peshawar Division hasBorderingDivision Malakand Division
North-West Frontier campaigns notableArea Malakand Division
this entity surface form: Malakand
Khushal School and College region Malakand Division
Shangla District partOf Malakand Division
Shangla District borderedBy Malakand Division
this entity surface form: Malakand District
Saidu Sharif locatedInAdministrativeEntity Malakand Division
Swat District locatedIn Malakand Division
N-95 (Swat) highway regionServed Malakand Division
subject surface form: N-95 (Swat) Highway
Upper Dir District locatedInRegion Malakand Division
Kohistan District partOf Malakand Division
Dir partOf Malakand Division
N-45 connectsRegion Malakand Division
Malakand uprising of 1897 location Malakand Division
this entity surface form: Malakand region
Madyan partOf Malakand Division
Lower Dir District partOf Malakand Division
this entity surface form: Malakand region
Malakand Protected Area locatedIn Malakand Division
Buner District locatedInRegion Malakand Division
Panjkora River region Malakand Division
Fizagat Park region Malakand Division
Bahrain partOf Malakand Division
subject surface form: Bahrain (Swat)