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    Mastuj Tehsil

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    Mastuj Tehsil
    تحصیل مستوج
    Tehsil
    Mastuj Tehsil is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    Mastuj Tehsil
    Mastuj Tehsil
    Mastuj Tehsil is located in Pakistan
    Mastuj Tehsil
    Mastuj Tehsil
    Coordinates: 36°17′0″N 72°31′0″E / 36.28333°N 72.51667°E / 36.28333; 72.51667
    Country Pakistan
    Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
    DistrictChitral
    HeadquarterBuni
    Government
     • TypeMPA
     • ChairmanSardar Hakeem Khan
    Elevation
    		2,359 m (7,740 ft)
    Population
     (2017)[1]
     • Total
    		169,240
    Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
    Postal Index Number
    1710 - 0xx
    Websitewww.mastuj.gov.pk

    Mastuj (Urdu: مستوج) is a tehsil and a valley in Upper Chitral District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Mastuj is the principal settlement. It is located at 36°17'0N 72°31'0E with an altitude of 2359 metres (7742 feet). There are ruins of old fort built originally in 18th century and reconstructed several times.[2][3]

    Geography

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    Adjacent administrative units

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    • Wakhan District, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan (north)
    • Ishkoman Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (northeast)
    • Yasin Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (east)
    • Gupis Tehsil, Ghizer District, Gilgit-Baltistan (southeast)
    • Behrain Tehsil, Swat District (southeast)
    • Sharingal Tehsil, Upper Dir District (southwest)
    • Chitral Tehsil (southwest)

    Villages

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    The main villages include Buni, Charun-Oweer,[4] Mastuj, Khouzh, Kargin, Marthing, Chuinj, Parkusap, Reshun, Parwak, Kuragh, Aveer, Chapali and Brep.

    Tehsil Mastuj starts right after the end of Baranis, Reshun, Kuragh, Buni, Aveer, Parwak, Mastuj, Chinar, Chuinj, Chapali, Brep, Bang and Meragram are the main areas of Tehsil Mastuj.[5]

    See also

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    • Asadabad District

    Media related to Mastuj tehsil at Wikimedia Commons

    References

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    1. ^ "District and Tehsil Level Population Summary with Region Breakup: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, Government of Pakistan website. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
    2. ^ "Mastuj Fort". Hindukush Heights Chitral website. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
    3. ^ "Forts in Chitral: The manifestation of our culture". 4 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
    4. ^ "Chitral Towns". The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
    5. ^ Location of Mastuj - Falling Rain Genomics

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