Chindro Dag

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Chindro Dag
Union council and town
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Chindro Dag
Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 34°15′8″N71°50′33″E / 34.25222°N 71.84250°E / 34.25222; 71.84250 Coordinates: 34°15′8″N71°50′33″E / 34.25222°N 71.84250°E / 34.25222; 71.84250
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District Charsadda District
Tehsil Charsadda Tehsil
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Chindro Dag is a town and union council of Charsadda District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1]

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Charsadda District, Pakistan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Charsadda District is a district in Peshawar Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Prior to its establishment as a separate district in 1998, it was a tehsil within Peshawar District. Pashtuns make up majority of the population of the district. District headquarter is town of Charsadda, which was part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province in Pakistan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is one of the four administrative provinces of Pakistan, located in the northwestern region of the country along the international border with Afghanistan. It was previously known as the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) until 2010 when the name was changed to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by the 18th Amendment to Pakistan's Constitution, and is known colloquially by various other names. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is the third-largest province of Pakistan by the size of both population and economy, though it is geographically the smallest of four. Within Pakistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa shares a border with Punjab, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Islamabad. It comprises 10.5% of Pakistan's economy, and is home to 17.9% of Pakistan's total population, with the majority of the province's inhabitants being Pashtuns. The province is the site of the ancient kingdom Gandhara, including the ruins of its capital Pushkalavati near modern-day Charsadda. Originally a stronghold of Buddhism, the history of the region was characterized by frequent invasions under various Empires due to its geographical proximity to the Khyber Pass.

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