Torkhow is a town and
Tehsil (a subdivision) of
Chitral District in the
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of
Pakistan. Torkhow is located 108 km from the main city of Chitral, on the border of
Wakhan valley of
Afghanistan). Shagram is the administrative center of the Valley. A Higher Secondary school and Rural Health Center has been built here. The language 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 ...
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Khowar, originated from this area. Most of the villages are situated on the right bank of Torkhow River, only Washich village is on the left bank.
Deh ba Deh: Rayeen, where a leviathan (qalamdar) is “imprisoned”
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Villages in Torkhow Valley
* 1. Istaru
* 2. Werkhup
* 3. Rayeen
* 4. Merlp
* 5. Sherjuli
* 6. Shagram
* 7. Khot
Khot or KHOT may refer to:
* Khot, Armenia, a village in Armenia
* Khot Valley in northern Pakistan
** Union Council Khot, an Administrative subdivision
* KHOT (AM), a radio station (1250 AM) licensed to Madera, California, United States
* KHOT ...
* 8. Washich
* 9. Ujnu
* 10. Rech
* 11. Buzund
* 12. Zanglasht
* 13. Shotkhar
Educational Institutions
*Islamia Model School Torkhow Rayeen Chitral
*Government High School For Girls, Istaru Torkhow, Mastuj
*Arif public school washich torkhow (School)
*Aga Khan School, Buzund, in the Torkhow
*Govt. higher secondary school Shagram Torkhow
References
Populated places in Chitral District
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