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Upper Dir ((パシュトー語:دیر بالا)) is one of the 26〔http://www.dawn.com/news/1080683〕 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At the time of independence, Dir (princely state) was a state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. It was merged with Pakistan in 1969 and later on declared as a district in 1970. In 1996, it was bifurcated into Upper and Lower Dir districts. This district is situated in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders Chitral district and Afghanistan on the north and north west and Swat district to the east, and on the south by Lower Dir District.〔http://paiman.jsi.com/Resources/Docs/district-health-profile-upperdir.pdf〕 ==Towns== Except for Dir and a number of rapidly growing bazaar towns along the main roads, the population is rural, scattered in more than 1200 villages in the deep narrow valleys of the Panjkora and its tributaries. Of these, notable villages are * Khas Dir * Barawal * Gandigar * Toormang * Darorra * Ganori * Shalkani * Bibyawar * wari 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Upper Dir District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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