Ziarat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Ziarat (Urdu and Pashto: زیارت) is a town is located in Lower Chitral District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan.[1]

Ziarat
زیارت
Country Pakistan
State Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictChitral
Established1900
Government
  TypeMunicipal Corporation
Area
  Total52 km2 (20 sq mi)
Elevation
1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Population
 (2014)
  Total500
  Density9.6/km2 (25/sq mi)
Languages
  SpokenKhowar
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Postal code
17030
Websitechitral.gov.pk

Geography

This place is situated in Chitral, N.W.F.P., Pakistan, its geographical coordinates are 35° 40' 26" North, 71° 55' 28" East and its original name is Ziārat. It has surface elevation about 1800m.

Climate

Ziarat has Koppen-Geiger Weather is cold in this place in winter it plummet to 0 °C and in Summer weather reaches 27 °C summers are shorts with tropical weather

Demographics

Khowar, is main language Pashto Is second language Urdu is also spoken as National language.

See also

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.