Dargai

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Dargai is a town in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, historically known as a strategic and military site in the Malakand region.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dargai canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf town
borderingRegion Lower Dir District (via road network)
linked to: Lower Dir District

Swat District (via Malakand Pass)
linked to: Swat District
climate humid subtropical climate (approximate)
connectsRegion Chitral region
linked to: Chitral District

Dir region
Peshawar Valley
Swat region
linked to: Swat Valley
country Pakistan
governedBy Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
hasEconomicActivity local agriculture
trade
transport services
hasFunction regional market center
transit point between plains and northern valleys
hasMilitarySignificance control of access to Malakand Pass
hasNameInLanguage درگئی (Pashto)
درگئی (Urdu)
hasSettlementType urban settlement
hasStrategicImportance military
transportation
historicalEvent site of fighting during British campaigns on Malakand frontier
historicalPeriod British Raj
linked to: British India
historicalRole strategic military site in Malakand region
languageUsed Pashto
linked to: Pashto language

Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Malakand District
locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit North-West Frontier Province
linked to: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
locatedInGeographicRegion Malakand
linked to: Malakand Division
locatedInRegion Malakand Division
locatedInSubnationalEntity Northwestern Pakistan
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedNear Malakand Pass
Swat River
locatedOnLandmass Asia
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns
nearbyCity Mardan
Peshawar
partOf Malakand Agency (historical)
linked to: Malakand Agency

Malakand Protected Area
regionType frontier region (historical context)
religion Islam
roadConnection Nowshera–Chitral road
transportInfrastructure road junction
utcOffset +05:00

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malakand Pass nearbyCity Dargai
Malakand District contains Dargai
Malakand Fort locatedNear Dargai