Saidu Sharif

Saidu Sharif
سيدو شريف
View of Saidu Sharif
View of Saidu Sharif
Saidu Sharif is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Saidu Sharif
Saidu Sharif
Location within Pakistan
Saidu Sharif is located in Pakistan
Saidu Sharif
Saidu Sharif
Saidu Sharif (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 34°45′0″N 72°21′26″E / 34.75000°N 72.35722°E / 34.75000; 72.35722
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictSwat District
Elevation
970 m (3,180 ft)
Population
 • Total65,000
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Saidū Sharīf (Pashto/Urdu: سيدو شريف) is the capital of the Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The city also serves as the capital of the Malakand Division. It was named after Saidu Baba, a prominent leader of the former state of Swat.

Saidu Sharif is the hub of several official buildings, and archeological sites such as the Swat Museum, the mausoleum of Saidu Baba, Royal residential palace of the former Wali-e-Swat, and the archaeological remains of the Butkara Buddhist Stupa.

  1. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA" (PDF). Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-17. Retrieved 2018-04-23.

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