Chakdara
Chakdara is a city in the Lower Dir District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the second largest city in Dir Lower after Timergara. It serves as a gateway of Malakand Division.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town
- Description: town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Also known as: “Chakdarra” and “Chakdarra Fort”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Thana and Bat Khela.
Thana
Town
Photo: Hishamkhan82, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Thana is the biggest city of Malakand District. The name is derived from the Pashto word "Thanrha" which means "Place Of Courting", and was a main political center during the tribal period. Thana is situated 4½ km southeast of Chakdara.
Bat Khela
Town
Photo: Abrahamavich, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Batkhela is a city, tehsil and the district headquarter of the Malakand District within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of Batkhela was recorded at 68,200. Bat Khela is situated 7 km southwest of Chakdara.
Chakdara
- Category: locality
- Location: Lower Dir District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.65571° or 34° 39′ 21″ northLongitude
72.03081° or 72° 1′ 51″ eastElevation
712 metres (2,336 feet)Open location code
8J6JM24J+78OpenStreetMap ID
node 2934895760OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Chakdara” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Chakdara”
- Chinese: “查克達拉”
- Dutch: “Chakdara”
- Persian: “چکدره”
- Urdu: “چکدرہ”
- Western Panjabi: “چکدرہ”
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