Peeran Pairan Khairabad | |
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| Coordinates: 34°19′49″N73°18′13″E / 34.33028°N 73.30361°E | |
| Country |  |
| Region | Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Mansehra District |
| Tehsil | Mansehra Tehsil |
| Government | |
| • Type | Democracy |
| Elevation | 1,400 m (4,500 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | More than 10,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
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Peeran is a village and union council (an administrative subdivision) of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. [1] It is located in District Mansehra. It is in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Peeran is the biggest Union council of mansehra both in population and area. Last MPA of pk 53 Mr Sardar Zahoor Ahmad also belong from this village and union council of Mansehra.
A Union Council forms the second-tier of local government and fifth administrative division in Pakistan. Its structure and responsibilities differ between provinces and territories.
Mansehra District is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Mansehra district and town are named after Man Singh, a leading general of Mughal Emperor Akbar. It is an important and popular tourist destination due to the Lulusar-Dudipatsar National Park and Kaghan Valley area being located in the district and the Karakoram Highway passing through the district. It is main gateway to upper valleys of Kaghan, Naran and also to Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, formerly known as North-West Frontier Province, 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 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 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.
