Ouch (, ps, اوچ) is a town in

Lower Dir District Lower Dir District ( ps, لر / کوز دير ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. Timergara city is the district headquarter and largest city. The district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was di ...

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

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. The town has seen extensive expansion and enjoys good communication as it is located on the main N45 Dir Road, about north of

Chakdara Chakdara (چکدرہ) is a city in Lower Dir District. It's the 2nd largest city after Timergara. It serves as the educational center of Malakand Division and the Gateway of Lower Dir District . It is located north of Malakand near the confluen ...

. The region is about away from

Peshawar Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...

and away from

Saidu Sharif Saidū Sharīf (Pashto/Urdu: ) is the capital of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city also serves as the capital city of Malakand Division. It was named after Saidu Baba, a prominent leader of the former Yusufz ...

and is mainly known for its

shoemakers Shoemaking is the process of making footwear. Originally, shoes were made one at a time by hand, often by groups of shoemakers, or cobblers (also known as ''cordwainers''). In the 18th century, dozens or even hundreds of masters, journeymen an ...

and goldsmiths.

Educational institutions

* Degree College Gulabad Ouch (for boys) * Degree College (for girls) * Govt. Higher Secondary School Ouch * Govt. High School Ouch * Govt. Higher Secondary School Khair Abad Ouch * Govt. Higher Secondary School Kotigram Ouch * Govt. High School Maina Battan Ouch * Govt. Girls Middle School Warsak, Ouch * Govt. Boys Middle School, Warsak, Ouch PRIVATE SCHOOLS * Progressive Model school. * Alhuda schools and College. * Islamya Model School. * Vision Model school. * Adenzai Model school. * Alnasir Public School. * Almeezan Public school. * Alnajam School. * Cordoba school. *Angel House School. *Oxford Garamer school Batan. *new angel house school syster janza ouch MADRASAS * Jamia Mazharul Islam Mosque * Jamia Mehmodia Ouch Sharqi * JAMIA MADINE AND MOSQUE GUL SHAHAN ABAD OUCH * JAMIA Abubakar sadiq mina Ouch. * madrasa jamia esat tul quran west ouch gul shan abad

Health facilities

* RHC Ouch * TB Health Center Ouch

Sporting teams

Young people in Ouch play games like

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

hockey Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers o ...

, and other local games. A stadium in Ouch East named Ouch Sport Stadium serves as the main sporting place. The main sports organizations include:

Volleyball

# Rafiq Adenzai VBC Ouch # Darakshan VBC Ouch # Adenzai VBC Ouch # Khamar VBC Ouch Maina (Ghufran, Azad Khan) # Insaf VBC Ouch.

Cricket

# Ramzan Club Ouch # Friends Club Ouch # Young Star Ouch # Ouch Eleven Club the pioneer cricket club in village # Fighter 11 club ouch

Football

#Ouch Eleven Football Club # Aangar FBC Ouch # Ouch FBC Ouch West #Shehbaz Shaheed FC Ouch West

Archaeological sites

Aandan Dherai

Aandhan Dehrai is an important

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site located north of Chakdara Bridge in Ouch. According to the Buddhist pilgrim

Xuan Zang Xuanzang (, ; 602–664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (), also known as Hiuen Tsang, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator. He is known for the epoch-making contributions to Chinese Buddhism, the travelogue of ...

, there is a legend about what

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did at this site. According to the legend, Buddha transformed into an enormous serpent lying dead in the valley in order to save the people from famine. The starving people ate the snake and were saved. According to another tradition,

Gandhāra Gandhāra is the name of an ancient region located in the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent, more precisely in present-day north-west Pakistan and parts of south-east Afghanistan. The region centered around the Peshawar Val ...

is the location of the mystical Lake Dhanakosha, birthplace of

Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from India who may have taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries)... According ...

, founder of

Tibetan Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...

. The Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism identifies the lake with the Alladun Dheri

stupa A stupa ( sa, स्तूप, lit=heap, ) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as ''śarīra'' – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. In Buddhism, circumamb ...

and believes a spring flows from the base of the stupa to form the lake. Archaeologists have found the stupa but no spring or lake can be identified. Aandhan Dehrai Stupa was excavated by Professor Ahmad Dani who recovered over 500 pieces of Gandhara sculpture.

Laram Top Ouch

Laram, known for its lush green hills, is a popular destination for tourists. Laram Sar (about above sea level) is a lush green scenic spot in Lower Dir. The important surrounding hamlets include Danda, Tangobagh, Segay, Babakhwar, Kasso, Gudyakhwar etc. Situated at a distance of from Ouch Bazar from

, Larham Sar is close to Ouch.

Timergara Timergara ( ps, تيمرګره, ur, ) is a city and also the district headquarters of Lower Dir District in Pakistan. Timergara City is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of . The town is the site of excavate ...

is lying on its western side with the famous modern tourist resort of Malam Jaba being on its eastern side. On its south western side is the famous historical Talash Valley. Laram Sar can be reached from different areas such as Rabat, Talash, Ouch and Timergara. It is also accessible by two roads, one from Ouch, about long and metalled for about up to the base of Laram Mountain, and then an unmetalled portion of about the top of Laram. The second road goes from Rabat Bazaar. From Peshawar to Laram Top via Ouch the total distance is about {{convert, 178, km, abbr=on. The mountain top has a radar system and TV signal booster.