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Upper Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country
Pakistan
Province
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division
Malakand
Established
1996
Headquarters
Dir
Government
• Type
District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner
Gohar Zaman Wazir (BPS-18 PAS)
• District Police Officer
Mushtaq Ahmad (BPS-18 PSP)
Area
• Total
3,699 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
(2017)[1]
• Total
947,401
• Density
260/km2 (660/sq mi)
• Urban
44,165
• Rural
902,256
Time zone
UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils
6
Main language(s)
Pashto ,[2]: 21 Gawri
Website
dirupper.kp.gov.pk
Upper Dir District (Pashto: پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر بالا) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Dir is its district headquarter. Geographically, it is located in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders with the Chitral district on the north, Afghanistan on the northwest, the Swat district on the east, and the Lower Dir district on the south. It shares 40 to 50 kilometers border with Afghanistan.
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^1998 District Census report of Upper Dir. Census publication. Vol. 104. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
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