Chitral District

Chitral District was a district in the of the Pakistani province of from 14 August 1947 to 2018. It was the northernmost and the largest district of the province, covering an area of 14,850 km2, before the district was split in two forming the new districts of Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral.
  • District of Pakistan with about 414,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 2,370 metres (7,790 feet)
  • Description: former district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Also known as
    “Chitral”
    “Chitrāl Agency”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buni.
is a valley and the headquarters of Upper Chitral District in , .
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Latitude
36.2583° or 36° 15′ 30″ north
Longitude
72.243° or 72° 14′ 35″ east
Open location code
8J8J765V+86
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chitral District” goes by many names.
شترالArabic
شترال (مقاطعة)Arabic
Çitral rayonuAzerbaijani
চিত্রাল জেলাBengali
ČitralBosnian
Districte de ChitralCatalan
Chitrāl DistrictCebuano
吉德拉尔县Chinese
奇特拉尔县Chinese
ChitralDutch
Chitral DistrictDutch
ChitralvalleiDutch
ChitralFinnish
Chitralin piirikuntaFinnish
चित्राल ज़िलाHindi
ChitralItalian
Distretto di ChitralItalian
Chitral地方Japanese
チェトラールJapanese
チェトラルJapanese
チトラールJapanese
チトラル地区Japanese
チトラル地方Japanese
チトラル県Japanese
치트랄Korean
चित्राल जिलाMaithili
ചിത്രാൾ ജില്ലMalayalam
ChitralNorwegian Bokmål
ChitralNorwegian Nynorsk
Chitral distriktNorwegian Nynorsk
ЧитралOssetian
Читрал (зылд)Ossetian
ਚਿਤਰਾਲ ਜਿਲਾPanjabi
ਚਿਤਰਾਲ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾPanjabi
چیترالPersian
ناحیه چترالPersian
Dystrykt ChitralPolish
چترال ولسوالۍPushto
ЧитралRussian
چترال ضلعوSindhi
ChitralSwedish
சித்ரால் மாவட்டம்Tamil
చిత్రాల్ జిల్లాTelugu
ChitralTurkish
ÇitralTurkish
ЧитралUkrainian
چترالUrdu
ضلع چترالUrdu
ضلع چترالWestern Panjabi

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