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.
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  • Type: district of Pakistan with 447,000 residents
  • Description: former district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
  • Also known as: “Chitral”, “Chitrāl Agency”, “Chitral distrikt”, “Chitralvallei”, “Chitral地方”, “チェトラール”, “チェトラル”, “チトラール”, “チトラル地区”, “チトラル県”, and “奇特拉尔县”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Buni.

Town
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is a valley and the headquarters of Upper Chitral District in , .

Chitral District

Latitude
36.2583° or 36° 15′ 30″ north
Longitude
72.243° or 72° 14′ 35″ east
Population
447,000
Elevation
2,374 metres (7,789 feet)
Open location code
8J8J765V+86
Geo­Names ID
1181064
Wiki­data ID
Q878510
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Chitral District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شترال (مقاطعة)”
  • Arabic: “شترال”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çitral rayonu”
  • Bengali: “চিত্রাল জেলা”
  • Bosnian: “Čitral”
  • Catalan: “Districte de Chitral”
  • Cebuano: “Chitrāl District”
  • Chinese: “吉德拉尔县”
  • Dutch: “Chitral”
  • Finnish: “Chitral”
  • Finnish: “Chitralin piirikunta”
  • French: “Chitrâl”
  • French: “District de Chitral”
  • German: “Chitral”
  • Hindi: “चित्राल ज़िला”
  • Italian: “Chitral”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Chitral”
  • Japanese: “チトラル地方”
  • Korean: “치트랄”
  • Maithili: “चित्राल जिला”
  • Malayalam: “ചിത്രാൾ ജില്ല”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Chitral”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chitral”
  • Ossetian: “Читрал (зылд)”
  • Ossetian: “Читрал”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਿਤਰਾਲ ਜਿਲਾ”
  • Panjabi: “ਚਿਤਰਾਲ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹਾ”
  • Persian: “چیترال”
  • Persian: “ناحیه چترال”
  • Polish: “Dystrykt Chitral”
  • Portuguese: “Chitral”
  • Pushto: “چترال ولسوالۍ”
  • Russian: “Читрал”
  • Sindhi: “چترال ضلعو”
  • Spanish: “Chitral”
  • Swedish: “Chitral”
  • Tamil: “சித்ரால் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “చిత్రాల్ జిల్లా”
  • Turkish: “Chitral”
  • Turkish: “Çitral”
  • Ukrainian: “Читрал”
  • Urdu: “چترال”
  • Urdu: “ضلع چترال”
  • Western Panjabi: “ضلع چترال”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Morgram and Kagh Lasht.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Rasnu Zom and Chakast Zom.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Must-Visit Destinations

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