Shangla District is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The district headquarters are located at Alpuri. It was previously a subdivision of Swat District, but was upgraded to the status of a district on July 10, 1995. The total area of the district is 1,586 square kilometres. Shangla comprises three subdivisions, Alpuri, Puran and Besham tehsils.
Buner District is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Before becoming a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District. The predominant language is Pashto, which is spoken natively by 96.6% of the population.
Torghar District, Hindko: کالا ڈهاکه, English Black Mountain formerly also known as Kala Dhaka is the smallest district in Pakistan of Hazara Division in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It was officially separated from Mansehra District in 2011 under Article 246 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the 1998 census, the Mansehra subdivision then known as Kala Dhaka had a population of 174,700, of which 96% had Pashto as their first language.
Puran is a sub-division and tehsil of Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The subdivision includes three tehsils viz: Puran itself, Martung and Makhuzai. Puran Sub-division comprises nine Union Councils.
Aloch (آلوچ) is a town in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa included in Puran tehsil. Aloch is a commercial place for business community. Union Council Aloch is the largest Union Council of Tehsil Puran both on area and population basis. Aloch and Nimkalay comparatively have more facilities than the rest of Shangla District. The people at Aloch have almost access to all basic necessities of life and facilities at their doorsteps. They have a good hospital, Session Court, Police Setup, Schools and Colleges for both men and women, NADRA Office, Banks etc. within Aloch. Most of the inhabitants of Aloch belong to Abakhel branch of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe Yousafzai
Martung, Mārtung or Martoong is a highland village and sub tehsil of Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan included in Puran Subdivision. Central Martung (Koozkalai) is 982 m above sea level., Being hilly area, some parts of Martung are even more than 1800 m above mean sea level. Alogai is a place with scattered population in Martung having an altitude of 1641 meters.
Chakesar is a town of the Shangla District in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is situated about 6 km in the north-west on the right bank of the Indus River. The inhabitants live primarily on agricultural products.
Battagram Tehsil is an administrative subdivision (tehsil) of Battagram District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It serves as the Tehsil headquarters and covers a total area of 300 square miles (780 km²). Battagram Tehsil merged into Pakistan as an administrative region before being upgraded to the status of a district in 1993. The area was hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Kashmir.
Giloti is a town and union council in the Dera Ismail Khan District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. It is located at 32°9'53N 70°45'2E and has an altitude of 180 metres.
Nimkalay is a town of Puran Tehsil in Shangla District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the main bazaar of Puran and a commercial place for the business community. Nimkalay is a part of the Aloch Union Council (U.C) of Puran Tehsil, located at 34°43'60N 72°40'60E and lies in the area affected by the 2005 earthquake. Most of the inhabitants of Nimkalay belong to Nangir Khel, Musa Khel, Barat Khel, Ado Khel and the Syed Miagan branches of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe, Yousafzai.
Chagam is a town in Puran, tehsil of Shangla.
Sanila is first town to enter Tehsil Puran District Shangla in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Most of the inhabitants of Sanila belong to Barat Khel branch of the subtribe Babozai of the major Pathan tribe Yousafzai. The Ajim Khan, father of Muhammad Alam, was the Khan of Sanila. Khurshad Khan PML leader belong to Sanila Village.
Saleh Khana is a large village in the Nowshera District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The village lies just below the hill station of Cherat. The village is exclusively an ethnic Pashtun village. Its name Saleh Khana derives from Arabic meaning "home of the good". The village is known for their slogan "The few the proud". The people of this village belong to the Zakha Khel clan and then the sub clan Oriya Khel of the Afridi tribe. The people of this village, the Pashtuns, have migrated from their homeland in the Tirah valley in Afghanistan to their current village during the 17 century. The Pashtuns of this village are muslims and are firm followers of islam, they also live by and adhere to their ancient code of conduct called Pashtunwali.
Sundavi is a town of Puran tehsil, Shangla District in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Babozai sub sections Ado khel, Musa Khel, tribe are living in this village.
Makhuzai is a village and sub-tehsil in Puran Tehsil, Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Kotkay or Kotkai is a small village near Aloch in the Shangla District of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Bengalai is a town in Shangla District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, situated between Aloch and Sundavi villages.
Aloch Union Council is the union council of Puran Tehsil, Shangla District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan.
Amir Muqam Khan is a Pakistani politician, national conservative, and mechanical engineer who was Advisor to Prime Minister on federal departments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa since 29 October 2013.
Shin is an administrative unit, known as a Union council, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Swat District has seven Tehsils: Khwazakhela, Barikot,Babuzai,Bahrain, Charbagh, Matta and Mingora. Each tehsil comprises certain numbers of union councils. There are 65 union councils in district Swat, 56 rural and nine urban.
