Miandam
 | This article may contain original research. (February 2018) |
Miandam | |
|---|---|
| میاندام | |
.jpg) | |
 Interactive map of Miandam | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Upper Swat |
| Population | |
• Total | 27,418 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Miandam (also Miandam valley), is a hill station and union council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the foothills of Hindu Kush mountains.[2] It is located at a distance of 55 km away from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and 56 kilometers (35 mi) from Saidu Sharif.[3]
Miandam is enriched in medicinal plants, owing to which the town is the site of a World Wide Fund for Nature project promoting sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants, and now about 1,000 people are dependent on the medicinal plant trade for their entire income.[4] The primary economy of the region is based on tourism and agriculture. While agriculture is mostly centered on corn and potatoes,[2] As of 1988, its population was 3,000;[2] but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.[2][4]
Demographics
[edit]Ethnic groups
[edit]The major ethnic groups in Miandam are:
See also
[edit]
- Marghazar - Swat Valley
- Malam Jabba -Swat Valley
- Gabina Jabba - Swat Valley
- Madyan - Swat Valley
- Behrain - Swat Valley
- Kalam -Swat Valley
- Utror - Kalam Valley
- Usho - Swat Valley
- Gabral -Kalam Valley
References
[edit]- ↑ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 Barbara Crossette (27 December 1988). "TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan". New York Times.
- ↑ Miandam at Maplandia
- 1 2 Miandam at Plantlife International Archived 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Akhtar, Naveed; Rashid, Abdur; Murad, Waheed; Bergmeier, Erwin (15 April 2013). "Diversity and use of ethno-medicinal plants in the region of Swat, North Pakistan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (1): 25. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-25. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 3641993. PMID 23587127.
The valley of Miandam, Swat, is a well-known summer resort in northern Pakistan. Located about 50 km northeast of Saidu Sharif, the valley lies between 35° 4' N and 72° 29-32' E in the mountain range of Hindu Raj [17]. Gujars (Indian Aryans) and Yousafzai (Pakhtoon) are the two main tribes residing in the area.
External links
[edit]- Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir
- United Nations
- Hajjinfo.org Uploads
- PBS paiman.jsi.com
Administrative divisions of Upper Swat District | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capital |  | |
| Tehsils | ||
| Union councils | ||
| This Swat District location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |