Drazanda (also spelled Darazinda or Drazinda) is a main village or small town in Dera Ismail Khan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is the capital of Darazinda Tehsil and has a population of 8,842, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.[1]
Drazanda
درازندہ درازنده | |
|---|---|
  Drazanda | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′25″N 70°08′07″E / 31.706926°N 70.135163°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Region |  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| District | Dera Ismail Khan |
| Tehsil | Drazanda Tehsil |
| Government | |
| • Chairman | Izat Gull (IND) |
| Population | |
• Total | 8,842 |
The Takht-e-Sulaiman (Solomon's throne), the highest peak of the Sulaiman Mountains is located near Drazanda.[2] At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.[3] 14th-century Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".[4][5]
References
edit- 1 2 "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: FATA (FR D.I.KHAN)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-11.
- ↑ "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ↑ "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
- ↑ "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.
- ↑ Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
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