Charbagh, Swat

Charbagh
Charbagh
Coordinates: 34°30′N 72°16′E / 34.50°N 72.26°E / 34.50; 72.26
Country  Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Elevation 980 m (3,220 ft)
Time zone PST (UTC+5)

Charbagh (Pashto: چارباغ‎) is a village in Tehsil Charbagh, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is part of Swat District and is located at 34°50'0"N 72°26'30"E with an average altitude of 1,032 meters (3,386 feet).[1]

Tehsil Charbagh is also known as Matorizi Tehsil and it borders with Babuzai tehsil and Azikhel Tehsil. Some of the villages included in Tehsil Charbagh are:

  1. Jehanabad (Pashto: جان آباد‎)
  2. Taligram (Pashto: تليګرام‎)
  3. Sair (Pashto: سير‎)
  4. Shin Kad (Pashto: شين کډ‎)
  5. Ganajir (Pashto: ګناجر‎)

Malam Jaba (Pashto: ملم جبه‎

  1. Koat (Pashto: کوټ‎)
  2. Amanabad (Pashto: آمان کوټ‎)
  3. Roshanabad (Pashto: روشن آباد‎)
  4. Charbagh (Pashto: چارباغ‎)
  5. Mangultan (Pashto: منګولتان‎)
  6. Asharbanr (Pashto: اشاربنړ‎)
  7. Toha (Pashto: توهه‎)
  8. Kandaw (Pashto: کنډؤ‎)
  9. Khadang (Pashto: خاندګ‎)
  10. Alabad (Pashto: آله آباد‎)
  11. Dakorak (Pashto: دکوړک‎)
  12. Rorya (Pashto: روريا‎)
  13. Landakey (Pashto: لنډا کې‎)
  14. Gulibagh (Pashto: ګلي باغ‎)
  15. Alamganj (Pashto: الم ګنج‎)
  16. Landey (Pashto: لنډې‎)
  17. Navy Kali (Pashto: نوي کلي‎)

University of Swat 800 meter away from Charbagh bazar situated in Alabad, Cadet College is in Gulibagh and also the Private University Town are in this Tehsil.

The population of Tehsil Charbagh is 77,000 according to 2013 Election. The town was also a stronghold of the Taliban in Pakistan, in May 2009 Pakistan government had the town in their sights after routing the Taliban elsewhere in the district.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Google Earth
  2. ↑ Pakistan 'nearing Swat victory'

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Coordinates: 34°50′0″N 72°26′30″E / 34.83333°N 72.44167°E / 34.83333; 72.44167

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