Chitral
City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
City in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chitral (Urdu: چترال, Khowar: چھترار) is the capital city of the Chitral District in Pakistan. It is on the western bank of the Chitral River. It has a population of 20,000.
Chitral
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Coordinates: 35°50′46″N 71°47′09″E | |
Country | Pakistan |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Chitral District |
Established | 14 August 1947 |
Government | |
• Body | MNA |
• MNA (NA-32) | Moulana Abdul Akbar Chitrali (APML)[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 35.9 km2 (13.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 1,517 m (4,977 ft) |
Languages | |
• Official | Khowar[4] |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
PIN | 1720 – 0xx[5] |
Area code | 0934 |
Website | chitral |
Chitral is place of great language diversity. The official language is Chitrali and Panjabi, though Khowar is the most spoken language. Most languages in Chitral are either Dardic languages, Iranic languages, or Nuristani languages. Around 24 languages are spoken in Chitral[6] including Central Asian Arabic, Balti, Burushaski, Dameli, Domaaki, Dari Farsi, Dangariwar, Gawar-Bati, Kalasha-mun, Kalkoti, Kamviri, Kohistani, Khowar, Kyrgyz, Madaklashti, Munji, Palula, Shekhani, Shina, Torwali, Turkmen, Ushoji, Uzbek, Waigali, Wakhi, and Yidgha.
Norwegian linguist Georg Morgenstierne wrote that Chitral is the area of the greatest linguistic diversity in the world.[7]
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