Mastuj Tehsil

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]

Mastuj Tehsil تحصیل مستوج
Tehsil
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Coordinates: 36°17′0″N 72°31′0″E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Chitral
Headquarter	Buni
Government
• Type	MPA
• Chairman	Sardar Hakeem Khan
Elevation	2,359 m (7,740 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	169,240
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Postal Index Number	1710 - 0xx
Website	www.mastuj.gov.pk

Geography

Adjacent administrative units

• 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

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

• Asadabad District

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