Chitral District
Chitral District was a district in the Malakand Division of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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 splitting away the new Upper Chitral District and renaming to Lower Chitral District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: district of Pakistan with 447,000 residents
- Description: former district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Chitral” and “Chitrāl Agency”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buni.
Buni
Town
Photo: Naveedanjumkhan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Buni is a town and the headquarters of Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The 2,500 m high Qaqlasht Meadows, which host a major festival in the region, are situated near the town.
Chitral District
- Category: former administrative territorial entity
- Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Chitral District from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Western Panjabi—“Chitral District” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Çitral rayonu”
- Bengali: “চিত্রাল জেলা”
- Bosnian: “Čitral”
- Catalan: “Districte de Chitral”
- Cebuano: “Chitrāl District”
- Chinese: “吉德拉尔县”
- Chinese: “奇特拉尔县”
- Dutch: “Chitral District”
- Dutch: “Chitral”
- Dutch: “Chitralvallei”
- Finnish: “Chitral”
- Finnish: “Chitralin piirikunta”
- French: “Chitral”
- French: “Chitrâl”
- French: “District de Chitral”
- German: “Chitral”
- Hindi: “चित्राल ज़िला”
- Italian: “Chitral”
- Italian: “Distretto di Chitral”
- Japanese: “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”
- Korean: “치트랄”
- Maithili: “चित्राल जिला”
- Malayalam: “ചിത്രാൾ ജില്ല”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Chitral”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chitral distrikt”
- 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”
- Turkish: “Chitral”
- Turkish: “Çitral”
- Ukrainian: “Читрал”
- Urdu: “چترال”
- Urdu: “ضلع چترال”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع چترال”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Morgram and Kagh Lasht.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rasnu Zom and Chakast Zom.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Must-Visit Destinations
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