Dasu

Dasu داسو Dassu
District Headquarter
Indus River between Dasu and Komila, with Karakoram Highway in the middle
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Coordinates: 35°16′16″N 73°13′24″E / 35.27111°N 73.22333°E / 35.27111; 73.22333
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Upper Kohistan
Tehsil	Dassu Tehsil
Elevation	841 m (2,759 ft)
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Dasu or Dassu (Abasin Kohistani and Urdu: داسو:) is the district headquarters of the Upper Kohistan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It had fifteen union councils before the Kandia Valley was separated. Since it is being named as tehsil, the Dasu subdivision has eleven union councils. According to the 1998 census, the total population of Dasu was 137,519, in 21,487 households.^{[citation needed]}