Lower Kohistan

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Lower Kohistan is a mountainous district in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known for its remote valleys, diverse indigenous communities, and use of Kohistani Shina and related Dardic languages.

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Lower Kohistan canonical 2
Lower Kohistan District 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
district
administrativeCenter Pattan
administrativeStatus district of Pakistan
borderedBy Battagram District
Kolai-Palas
Mansehra District
Shangla District
Upper Kohistan
country Pakistan
economyBasedOn livestock rearing
subsistence agriculture
governedAs district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
hasCapital Pattan
hasClimate cold semi-arid to alpine
hasEthnicGroup Dardic-speaking communities
Kohistani people
hasFeature rugged terrain
scattered rural settlements
steep valleys
hasLanguage Indus Kohistani
Kohistani Shina
other Dardic languages
hasMinorityLanguage Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
hasRoadConnection Karakoram Highway
hasSettlementType rural
hasValley Indus valley
linked to: Indus Valley
knownFor diverse indigenous communities
linguistic diversity
remote valleys
languageFamilyInUse Dardic
Indo-Aryan
locatedIn Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
northern Pakistan
locatedInMountainRange Hindu Kush
locatedInRegion Hazara Division
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
majorReligion Islam
partOf Kohistan region
linked to: Kohistan District
subdivisionOf Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
subdivisionType district
terrain mountainous
traversedByRiver Indus River
utcOffset +05:00

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Kohistani Shina spokenIn Lower Kohistan
Upper Kohistan borderedBy Lower Kohistan
Kolai-Palas District borderingEntity Lower Kohistan District
linked to: Lower Kohistan