Shingrai Waterfall ( ur, ) also known as Shingro Dand ( ps, ) is a
waterfall
A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.
Waterfalls can be formed in severa ...
located in Shingrai
Manglawar
Manglawar (also spelled Manglor) ( ur, منگلور; ps, منګلور) is an administrative unit, known as Union council or Ward of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
It is located at 34°48'30.7"N ...
in
Swat District
Swat District (, ps, سوات ولسوالۍ, ) is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. With a population of 2,309,570 per the 2017 national census, Swat is the 15th-largest district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa pro ...
of
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, ...
the Province of
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. It is known for its high and beautiful surrounding. It is about from
Mingora
Mingora ( ps, مینګورہ, ur, ) is a city in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located on the Swat River, it is the 3rd largest city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the 26th largest in Pakistan. Mingora is the largest city and ...
.
Shingrai Waterfall is about 10,000 feet above sea level.
Etymology of the name
The word Shingro or Shingrai is
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official langua ...
name of a village where it is situated.
See also
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Manglawar
Manglawar (also spelled Manglor) ( ur, منگلور; ps, منګلور) is an administrative unit, known as Union council or Ward of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
It is located at 34°48'30.7"N ...
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Jarogo Waterfall
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List of Tourist attractions in Swat
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List of waterfalls of Pakistan
Following is the Administrative units of Pakistan, province-wise list of waterfalls in Pakistan ( ur, ).
Azad Kashmir
* Kashmir Waterfalls - Neelum Valley
* Jamgar Waterfalls - Neelum Valley
* Kohala Waterfall - Bagh District
* Dhani Waterfal ...
References
Tourist attractions in Swat
Waterfalls of Pakistan
Swat District
Tourist attractions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
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