- Miandam
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Miandam is a hill station located Sarhad, Pakistan, in the Hindu Kush.[1] It is located at 35°3′12″N 72°33′39″E / 35.05333°N 72.56083°E, 32 km from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and 56 kilometers (35 mi) from Saidu Sharif.[2]
In the 1980s, it completed a mosque, medical complex, and plumbing system.[1] Its economy focuses on skiing tourism and agriculture. While the agriculture was mostly centered on corn and potatoes,[1] the town is the site of a World Wide Fund for Nature project promoting sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants, and now about 1,000 people are dependent on he medicinal plant trade for their entire income.[3] As of 1988, its population was 3,000;[1] but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.[3]
Description
The metaled road passes small villages stacked up the hillside, the roofs of one row of houses forming the street for the row of houses above. Tiny terraced fields march up the hillside right to the top. Miandam is a good place for walkers. Paths follow the stream, past houses with behives set into the walls and good-luck charms whitewashed around the doors. In the graveyards are carved wooden grave posts with floral designs, like those used by Buddhists 1,000 years ago.
External links
- ^ a b c d Barbara Crossette (1988-12-27). "TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDE163EF934A15751C1A96E948260.
- ^ Miandam at Maplandia
- ^ a b Miandam at Plantlife International
Categories:- Hill stations in Pakistan
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