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.

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Dargai canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf town
borderingRegion Lower Dir District (via road network) NERFINISHED
Swat District (via Malakand Pass) NERFINISHED
climate humid subtropical climate (approximate)
connectsRegion Chitral region NERFINISHED
Dir region NERFINISHED
Peshawar Valley NERFINISHED
Swat region NERFINISHED
country Pakistan
governedBy Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
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) NERFINISHED
درگئی (Urdu) NERFINISHED
hasSettlementType urban settlement
hasStrategicImportance military
transportation
historicalEvent site of fighting during British campaigns on Malakand frontier
historicalPeriod British Raj NERFINISHED
historicalRole strategic military site in Malakand region
languageUsed Pashto NERFINISHED
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Khyber Pakhtunkhwa NERFINISHED
Malakand District NERFINISHED
locatedInFormerAdministrativeUnit North-West Frontier Province NERFINISHED
locatedInGeographicRegion Malakand NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Malakand Division NERFINISHED
locatedInSubnationalEntity Northwestern Pakistan NERFINISHED
locatedInTimeZone Pakistan Standard Time
locatedNear Malakand Pass NERFINISHED
Swat River NERFINISHED
locatedOnLandmass Asia NERFINISHED
majorEthnicGroup Pashtuns NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Mardan NERFINISHED
Peshawar NERFINISHED
partOf Malakand Agency (historical) NERFINISHED
Malakand Protected Area NERFINISHED
regionType frontier region (historical context)
religion Islam
roadConnection Nowshera–Chitral road NERFINISHED
transportInfrastructure road junction
utcOffset +05:00

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Malakand Pass nearbyCity Dargai