Miandam

Miandam
Union Council
میاندام
Interactive map of Miandam
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictUpper Swat
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
27,418
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Miandam, swat valley

Miandam (also Miandam valley), is a hill station and union council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the foothills of Hindu Kush mountains. It is located at a distance of 55 km away from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and 56 kilometers (35 mi) from Saidu Sharif.

Miandam is enriched in medicinal plants, owing to which the town is the site of a World Wide Fund for Nature project promoting sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants, and now about 1,000 people are dependent on the medicinal plant trade for their entire income. The primary economy of the region is based on tourism and agriculture. While agriculture is mostly centered on corn and potatoes, As of 1988, its population was 3,000; but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.

Demographics

Ethnic groups

The major ethnic groups in Miandam are:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2018. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Barbara Crossette (27 December 1988). "TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan". New York Times.
  3. ↑ Miandam at Maplandia
  4. 1 2 Miandam at Plantlife International Archived 10 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Akhtar, Naveed; Rashid, Abdur; Murad, Waheed; Bergmeier, Erwin (15 April 2013). "Diversity and use of ethno-medicinal plants in the region of Swat, North Pakistan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 (1): 25. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-25. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 3641993. PMID 23587127. The valley of Miandam, Swat, is a well-known summer resort in northern Pakistan. Located about 50 km northeast of Saidu Sharif, the valley lies between 35° 4' N and 72° 29-32' E in the mountain range of Hindu Raj [17]. Gujars (Indian Aryans) and Yousafzai (Pakhtoon) are the two main tribes residing in the area.