Chitral
Chitral is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Chitral also served as the capital of the princely state of Chitral until 1947.- Type: Town
- Description: town in Pakistan
- Location: Northwest Pakistan, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
- Population: 31,100
- IATA airport code: CJL
- United Nations Location Code: PK CJL
- Latitude: 35.8509° or 35° 51' 3.2" north
- Longitude: 71.7902° or 71° 47' 24.7" east
- Elevation: 1473 metres (4833 feet)
- OpenStreetMap ID: node 279645187
- GeoNames ID: 1181065
Also Known As
- Arabic: شترال
- Arabic: شيترار
- Arabic: شيترال
- Asturian: Chitral
- Bengali: চিত্রল
- Bosnian: Čitral
- Cebuano: Chitral
- Chinese: 吉德拉尔
- Chinese: 奇特拉尔
- Chinese: 奇特拉爾
- Chinese: 契特拉
- Czech: Čitrál
- Danish: Chitral
- Dutch: Chitral
- English: Chetrar
- Finnish: Chitral
- French: Chitral
- French: Chitrâl
- French: Tchitral
- French: Tchitrâl
- German: Chitral
- Greek: Τσιτράλ
- Gujarati: ચિત્રાલ
- Hindi: चित्राल
- Indonesian: Chitral
- Italian: Chitral
- Japanese: チトラル
- Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಾಲ್
- Khowar: چھترار
- Korean: 치트랄
- Latvian: Čitrala
- Lithuanian: Čitralas
- Lithuanian: Čitralis
- Macedonian: Читрал
- Malay: Chitral
- Marathi: चित्राल
- Norwegian Bokmål: Chitral
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Chitral
- Oriya: ଚିତ୍ରାଳ
- Persian: چترال
- Persian: چیترال
- Polish: Czitral
- Portuguese: Chitral
- Pushto: چترال
- Russian: Читрал
- Sinhala: චිට්රල්
- Spanish: Chitral
- Swedish: Chitral
- Tamil: சிட்ரால்
- Telugu: చిత్రాల్
- Thai: จิตราล
- Turkish: Çitral
- Ukrainian: Читрал
- Urdu: چترال
- Vietnamese: Chitral
- Western Panjabi: چترال
In the Area
Localities
Landmarks
- ChitralHill, 2 km west
- Chitral AirfieldAirfield, 3½ km north
- TokulMountain, 7 km south
- BangolaiPeak, 8 km southwest
- ChurkelMountain, 9 km south
- Dresh BokhtMountain, 9 km southwest
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