Torkhow

Place in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

35°33′29″N 71°47′33″E / 35.55806°N 71.79250°E / 35.55806; 71.79250Country

PakistanProvinceKhyber-PakhtunkhwaDistrictLower ChitralElevation

1,359 m (4,459 ft)Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Torkhow is a town and Tehsil (a subdivision) of Lower Chitral District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Torkhow is located 108 km from the main city of Chitral, on the border of Wakhan valley of Afghanistan). Shagram is the administrative center of the Valley. A Higher Secondary school and Rural Health Center has been built here.^[1] The language of Chitral, Khowar, originated from this area.^[2] Most of the villages are situated on the right bank of Torkhow River, only Washich village is on the left bank.^[3]

Villages in Torkhow:

1. Istaru
2. Werkhup
3. Rayeen
4. Merlp
5. Sherjuli
6. Shagram
7. Khot
8. Washich
9. Ujnu
10. Rech
11. Buzund
12. Zanglasht
13. Shotkhar

References

^ http://kpbos.gov.pk/files/1432633137.pdf) Archived 2016-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ upper torkhow development network utdn
^ Deh ba Deh: Rayeen, where a leviathan (qalamdar) is “imprisoned”