Charun, Chitral

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Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Upper Chitral
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Charun is an administrative unit, known as Union Council, of Upper Chitral District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

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Chitral is the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, covering an area of 14,850 km2 (5,730 sq mi). It is the northernmost district of Pakistan. [1] The district of Chitral is divided into two tehsils and 24 Union Councils.

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References

  1. "District Government Chitral". Chitral District Government Web Portl. Archived from the original on 2015-09-28.

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