Kalam (Kalami, Pashto, & Urdu: کالام) is a valley located at distance of 99 kilometres (62 mi) from Mingora in the northern upper reaches of Swat valley along the bank of Swat River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.[2][3] The area has become a popular tourist attraction, known for its mountains, forests and lakes.[4] It is […]
Swat District (Pashto: سوات ولسوالۍ, pronounced [ˈswaːt̪]) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Centred upon the upper portions of the Swat River, the modern-day district was a major centre of early Buddhism under the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, due to which a strong presence of Buddhist cultural influence exists in the […]
Hunza ( ہنزہ) is a mountainous valley in the Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. The Hunza is situated in the extreme northern part of Pakistan, bordering with the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan and the Xinjiang region of China. Hunza was formerly a princely state bordering Xinjiang (autonomous region of China) to the northeast and Pamir to the northwest, which […]
Swāt (سوات) pronounced is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Swat is renowned for its outstanding natural beauty, and was described by Queen Elizabeth II as “the Switzerland of the East” during a visit to the region in the 1960s. Centred upon the upper […]
The Neelam River was known before Partition as Kishan Ganga and was subsequently renamed after the village of Neelam.It flows down from the Gurez Valley in Indian Jammu and Kashmir and roughly follows first a western and then a south-western course until it joins the Jhelum River at Muzaffarabad. The valley is a thickly […]
Hunza District. The main towns, villages and valleys are: Gulmit Passu Sost Shimshal Jamalabad Gircha Chipursan Khyber
Lower Hunza comprises the parts of Aliabad tehsil of Hunza District. The main towns, villages and valleys are: Nasirabad Mayoon Hussainabad Khizerabad Central Hunza consists of the parts of Aliabad tehsil of Hunza District. The main towns, villages and valleys are: Aliabad Dourkhan Karimabad Baltit Fort […]
