Shangla
Shangla is a county in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Besham.
Besham
Town
Photo: Geologisttt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Besham is a city in the Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located on the right bank of the Indus River, Besham serves as a major junction on the Karakoram Highway, that connects Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab with Gilgit-Baltistan, and crosses over into China's Xinjiang.
Shangla
- Type: County
- Category: locality
- Location: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.9569° or 34° 57′ 25″ northLongitude
72.8481° or 72° 50′ 53″ eastOpen location code
8J6JXR4X+Q6OpenStreetMap ID
node 316440945OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Shangla” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شانكلا”
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