Wasum is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

Chitral district Chitral District ( ur, ) was the largest district in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, covering an area of 14,850 km², before splitting into Upper Chitral District and Lower Chitral District in 2018. Part of the Malakand Divis ...

, 130 km north of

Chitral Chitral ( khw, , lit=field, translit=ćhitrār; ur, , translit=ćitrāl) is situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It serves as the capital of the Chitral District and before that as the capital of Chitral ...

. About 1,700 families live within the settlement. Melph dates to the 800's AD, when migrant groups from Afghanistan and other neighboring countries escaping various conflicts established the community. Few visit there today because of the harsh weather and poor road system.

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{{coord missing, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chitral District Hill stations in Pakistan Populated places along the Silk Road