Drazanda

Drazanda
درازندہ
درازنده‎
Drazanda is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Drazanda
Drazanda
Coordinates: 31°42′25″N 70°08′07″E / 31.706926°N 70.135163°E / 31.706926; 70.135163
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictDera Ismail Khan
TehsilDrazanda Tehsil
Government
 • ChairmanIzat Gull (IND)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total8,842

Drazanda (also spelled Darazinda or Drazinda) is a main village or small town in Dera Ismail Khan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The population is 8,842, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.[1]

The Takht-e-Sulaiman peak of the Sulaiman Mountains is located near Drazanda.[2] At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.[3] Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".[4][5]

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  2. ^ "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  3. ^ "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
  4. ^ "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.
  5. ^ Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International. Retrieved 2018-02-02.