Naran Valley

Naran Valley
Naran Valley
Valley
	Interactive map of Naran Valley
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Mansehra
Tehsil	Balakot
Area
• Total	3,884 km2 (1,500 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

The Naran or Narran (Hindko, Urdu: وادی ناران) is an alpine valley in Mansehra District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Naran is a popular tourist attraction in Pakistan. It is a mountainous valley, with an elevation range of 2450 to 4100 meters above sea level (masl). Lulusar Dutipatsar National Park is located within the Naran valley.

Demographics

Gujjar is a major and oldest ethnic tribe of the Naran Valley. Other tribes in the valley are Syeds, and Swatis.

References

↑ R, A. (19 January 2019). A Tour Through Naran Valley. Independently Published. ISBN 978-1-7942-5151-9.
↑ Perveen, Farzana; Khan, Anzela (August 2012). Natural Beauty of Naran and Kaghan Valleys, Pakistan for Tourists. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG. ISBN 978-3-659-20312-1.
↑ "Silk Road: Naran Valley-V - Omer Qayyum and Amna Javed - Youlin Magazine". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2026.
↑ Harper, David (2011). "Species and community diversity of vascular flora along environmental gradient in Naran valley: a multivariate approach through Indicator Species Analysis". Journal: Pakistan Journal of Botany. 45 (5): 2337–2346.
↑ Fayyaz, Ifrah; Kalsoom, Asma; Batool, Rida (24 March 2022). "Amelioration of Cr (VI) into Cr (III) by Some Heavy Metal Resistant Bacterial Strains Isolated from Naran Valley". Journal of Bioresource Management. 9 (1). ISSN 2309-3854.
↑ Haseeb, Abdul (27 December 2012). Socio economic conditions: Floral and faunal diversity in the Lulusar Dutipatsar National Park in Upper Kaghan. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-656-34095-9.
1 2 Khan, Shujaul M.; Page, Sue; Ahmad, Habib; Shaheen, Hamayun; Ullah, Zahid; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Harper, David M. (10 January 2013). "Medicinal flora and ethnoecological knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 4. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-4. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 3570439. PMID 23302393. The most important among these are the Gujars (descendents of the Indian Arians) who are famous for their unique culture, way of life, rituals and bravery. The Gujars are concentrated in the upper parts of most valleys in Pakistan where they cultivate rain-fed slopes, and are generally more aware of traditional knowledge, of plant use and local ecology.

External links

Impacts of Agriculture Land use Changes on Mobile Pastoral

[1] R, A. (19 January 2019). A Tour Through Naran Valley. Independently Published. ISBN 978-1-7942-5151-9.

[2] Perveen, Farzana; Khan, Anzela (August 2012). Natural Beauty of Naran and Kaghan Valleys, Pakistan for Tourists. Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH KG. ISBN 978-3-659-20312-1.

[3] "Silk Road: Naran Valley-V - Omer Qayyum and Amna Javed - Youlin Magazine". Youlin Magazine. Retrieved 13 April 2026.

[4] Harper, David (2011). "Species and community diversity of vascular flora along environmental gradient in Naran valley: a multivariate approach through Indicator Species Analysis". Journal: Pakistan Journal of Botany. 45 (5): 2337–2346.

[5] Fayyaz, Ifrah; Kalsoom, Asma; Batool, Rida (24 March 2022). "Amelioration of Cr (VI) into Cr (III) by Some Heavy Metal Resistant Bacterial Strains Isolated from Naran Valley". Journal of Bioresource Management. 9 (1). ISSN 2309-3854.

[6] Haseeb, Abdul (27 December 2012). Socio economic conditions: Floral and faunal diversity in the Lulusar Dutipatsar National Park in Upper Kaghan. GRIN Verlag. ISBN 978-3-656-34095-9.

[:0-7] 1 2 Khan, Shujaul M.; Page, Sue; Ahmad, Habib; Shaheen, Hamayun; Ullah, Zahid; Ahmad, Mushtaq; Harper, David M. (10 January 2013). "Medicinal flora and ethnoecological knowledge in the Naran Valley, Western Himalaya, Pakistan". Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine. 9 4. doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-4. ISSN 1746-4269. PMC 3570439. PMID 23302393. The most important among these are the Gujars (descendents of the Indian Arians) who are famous for their unique culture, way of life, rituals and bravery. The Gujars are concentrated in the upper parts of most valleys in Pakistan where they cultivate rain-fed slopes, and are generally more aware of traditional knowledge, of plant use and local ecology.