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Discover Shal in Pakistan
Shal in the region of North-West Frontier Province is a place located in Pakistan - some 108 mi or ( 174 km ) North of Islamabad , the country's capital .
Local time in Shal is now 04:04 PM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Karachi " with a UTC offset of 5 hours. Depending on your mobility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Jalalabad, Seo, Pushkari, Peshawar, and Muzaffarabad. When in this area, you might want to check out Jalalabad . Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Shal ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Kohistan District, Pakistan
Kohistan (کوہستان in Persian, meaning "land of mountains") has two distinct meanings in Pakistan. In Persian "koh" means "peak" and "ustaan" means province". While in Sanskrit Sthana means place. In its usual modern sense Kohistan District is an administrative district within Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province covering an area of 7,492 square kilometres; it had a population of 472,570 at the 1998 Census.
Located at 35.25 73.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
2010 Kohistan avalanche
The 2010 Kohistan avalanche occurred in the Kohistan District, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan on February 17, 2010, striking the village of Bagaro Serai and killing up to 102 people. Up to 45 are missing.
Located at 35.25 73.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 12 km away
Dassu (KPK)
Dassu Tehsil is the district headquarters of Kohistan District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It had 15 Union Councils before the separation of the Kandia valley. Since its being named as Tehsil, the Dassu subdivision has 11 Union Councils. The total population of Dassu according to 1998 Census was 137,519, in 21,487 households.
Located at 35.35 73.23 (Lat./Long.); Less than 15 km away
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Information of geographic nature is based on public data provided by geonames.org, CIA world facts book, Unesco, DBpedia and wikipedia. Weather is based on NOAA GFS.