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Miranshah
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Also known as Miramshah

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.

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Place details

Locality
میران شاہ
Region
خیبر پختونخوا
Country
پاکستان
Population
3,334
Timezone
Asia/Karachi

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Air quality

79US AQIModerate
PM2.5
22.8 µg/m³
PM10
32.0 µg/m³
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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
930
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.area_code
0928
Settlement.area_code_type
Calling code
Settlement.timezone1
PST
Settlement.utc_offset1
+5

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
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  • History
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Notable places
  • See also
  • References
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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Miranshah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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