Drazanda

Drazanda درازندہ درازنده‎
Drazanda
Coordinates: 31°42′25″N70°08′07″E / 31.706926°N 70.135163°E / 31.706926; 70.135163
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Dera Ismail Khan
Tehsil	Drazanda Tehsil
Government
• Chairman	Izat Gull (IND)
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	8,842

Drazanda (also spelled Darazinda or Drazinda) is a main village or small town in Dera Ismail Khan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is the capital of Darazinda Tehsil and has a population of 8,842, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan. ^[1]

The Takht-e-Sulaiman (Solomon's throne), the highest peak of the Sulaiman Mountains is located near Drazanda. ^[2] At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region. ^[3] 14th-century Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon". ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: FATA (FR D.I.KHAN)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
2. "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
3. "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
4. "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.
5. Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International . Retrieved 2018-02-02.