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Kaniguram
کانیگورم کانیګورم | |
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Town | |
Coordinates: 32°31′N 69°47′E / 32.517°N 69.783°E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | South Waziristan |
Tehsil | Ladha Tehsil |
Elevation | 2,044 m (6,706 ft) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 13,809 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Kānīgūram (Pashto: کانيګورم) is a town in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. Kaniguram's population mainly consists of the Ormur or Burki tribes of Pashtuns. It is also the hometown of the sixteenth-century Pashtun revolutionary leader and warrior-poet Bayazid Pir Roshan, who wrote the first known book of Pashto language.
According to the 2017 Census, Kaniguram has population of 13,809.[1]
Today the locals in this town speak the Ormuri as well as the Waziristani (Maseedwola) dialect of Pashto.