Mastuj Tehsil
Mastuj Tehsil
تحصیل مستوج | |
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  Mastuj Tehsil  Mastuj Tehsil | |
| Coordinates: 36°17′0″N 72°31′0″E / 36.28333°N 72.51667°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Upper Chitral |
| Headquarter | Mastuj |
| Elevation | 2,359 m (7,740 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 169,240 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Postal Index Number | 1710 - 0xx |
| Website | www |
Mastuj (Urdu: مستوج) is a tehsil and a valley in Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Mastuj is the principal settlement. It is located at 36°17'0N 72°31'0E with an altitude of 2359 metres (7742 feet). There are ruins of old fort built originally in 18th century and reconstructed several times.[2][3]
Geography
[edit]Adjacent administrative units
[edit]- Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (north)
- Ishkoman Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (northeast)
- Yasin Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (east)
- Gupis Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (southeast)
- Behrain Tehsil, Upper Swat District (southeast)
- Sharingal Tehsil, Upper Dir District (southwest)
- Chitral Tehsil (southwest)
Villages
[edit]The main villages include Buni, Charun-Oweer,[4] Mastuj, Khouzh, Kargin, Marthing, Chuinj, Parkusap, Reshun, Parwak, Kuragh, Aveer, Chapali and Brep.
Mastuj Tehsil starts right after the end of Baranis, Reshun, Kuragh, Buni, Aveer, Parwak, Mastuj, Chinar, Chuinj, Chapali, Brep, Bang and Meragram are the main areas of Tehsil Mastuj.[5]
See also
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Media related to Mastuj tehsil at Wikimedia Commons
References
[edit]- ↑ "District and Tehsil Level Population Summary with Region Breakup: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ "Mastuj Fort". Hindukush Heights Chitral website. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ "Forts in Chitral: The manifestation of our culture". 4 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ "Chitral Towns". The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
- ↑ Location of Mastuj - Falling Rain Genomics
Further reading
[edit]- Abdul Aziz, M.; Ullah, Z.; Adnan, M.; Sõukand, R.; Pieroni, A. (18 October 2021). "The Fading Wild Plant Food-Medicines in Upper Chitral, NW Pakistan". Foods. 10 (10): 2494. doi:10.3390/foods10102494. PMC 8536072. PMID 34681546.
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