Upper Dir District

Upper Dir District
ضلع دیر بالا
پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ‎
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Top: Jahaz Banda in Kumrat valley
Bottom: Lowaro Top
Upper Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Upper Dir District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionMalakand
Established1996
HeadquartersDir
Government
 • TypeDistrict Administration
 • Deputy CommissionerGohar Zaman Wazir (BPS-18 PAS)
 • District Police OfficerMushtaq Ahmad (BPS-18 PSP)
 • District Health OfficerN/A
Area
 • Total3,699 km2 (1,428 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total947,401
 • Density260/km2 (660/sq mi)
 • Urban
44,165
 • Rural
902,256
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils6
Main language(s)Pashto ,[2]: 21  Gawri
Websitedirupper.kp.gov.pk

Upper Dir District (Pashto: پورتنۍ دیر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع دیر بالا) is a district located in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Dir is its district headquarter. Geographically, it is located in the northern part of Pakistan. It borders with the Chitral district on the north, Afghanistan on the northwest, the Swat district on the east, and the Lower Dir district on the south. It shares 40 to 50 kilometers border with Afghanistan.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2017census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 1998 District Census report of Upper Dir. Census publication. Vol. 104. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.