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Miranshah
Sign in to saveMīrānshāh ()() is a main town in the region that is the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Miranshah lies on the banks of the Tochi River in a wide valley surrounded by the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains. It is located at an elevation of about , from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line). The nearest city in Pakistan is Bannu, about to the east, while the nearest city across the border in Afghanistan is Khost, to the northwest.
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Place details
- Locality
- میران شاہ
- Region
- خیبر پختونخوا
- Country
- پاکستان
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Miranshah
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- North Waziristan
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Tehsil
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Miran Shah
- Settlement.population_total
- 4,131
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.elevation_m
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Pakistan
- Located in
- North Waziristan
- Population
- +4131
- Elevation
- +923
- Capital of
- North Waziristan
- Image
- Digan Village - Miran Shah to Data Khil and Shawal road, North Waziristan, Pakistan - panoramio (2).jpg
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- P12749
- December 18
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Mīrānshāh ()() is a main town in the region that is the administrative headquarters of North Waziristan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Miranshah lies on the banks of the Tochi River in a wide valley surrounded by the foothills of the Hindu Kush mountains. It is located at an elevation of about , from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line). The nearest city in Pakistan is Bannu, about to the east, while the nearest city across the border in Afghanistan is Khost, to the northwest.
The city has a shrinking population of only 4,361, and it has only 356 households. This makes it the least populous urban area in Bannu Division, but it is also the only urbanized area in the entire region of North Waziristan, and also the entire Waziristan region, a mountainous area that has 99% of its 1.22 million residents living in rural areas. Miranshah remains a regional business hub for surrounding rural areas that visits the bazaar for day to day requirements. Miranshah bazaar is become a hustling during daytimes while it remains less busy during late hours.