Kot Qalandar

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Kot Qalandar
Town and union council
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Kot Qalandar
Location in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates: 32°54′17.733″N70°41′39.451″E / 32.90492583°N 70.69429194°E / 32.90492583; 70.69429194
CountryPakistan
Region Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
District Bannu District
Time zone UTC+5 (PST)

Kot Qalandar (also written Kot Qalander) is a town and union council in Bannu District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly the North West Frontier province). [1] It's major principal tribe is Hakim Khel branch of Mughal Khel. Mughal Khel are Yousafzai Pashtuns settled in southern parts of District Bannu, with Ghoriwala as their principal center.

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References

  1. "Tehsils & Unions in the District of Bannu - Government of Pakistan". www.nrb.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2017.

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