Lower Dir District ( Pashto : ښکته دير ولسوالۍ , Urdu : ضلع دیر زیریں ) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan . Timergara is the district's headquarters and largest city. The Lower Dir district was formed in 1996, when Dir District was divided into Upper Dir and Lower Dir districts. On 22 January 2023, both Lower Dir and Upper Dir districts were further bifurcated to create a new Central Dir District . Lower Dir is famous for its beautiful snow-capped mountains, valleys, and pleasant weather. The primary industry in Lower Dir is tourism, which is now rapidly growing.
2-489: Asbanr is a union council in Lower Dir District , Khyber Pakhtunkhwa , Pakistan . This Lower Dir District location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lower Dir District Lower Dir district borders with Swat District to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Upper Dir to the north and Malakand and Bajaur District to the south. At the time of independence of Pakistan , Dir
4-415: Was a princely state ruled by Nawab Shah Jehan Khan. Dir was merged with Pakistan in 1969, declared a district in 1970, and split into Upper and Lower Dir in 1996. As of the 2023 census , Lower Dir district has 202,836 households and a population of 1,650,183. The district has a sex ratio of 97.24 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 57.36%: 72.57% for males and 43.16% for females. 542,074 (32.88% of
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