Upper Dir

Upper Dir ضلع دیر بالا
State :	Pakistan
Province :	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Founded :	1996
Seat :	to you
Coordinates :	35 ° 12 '  N , 71 ° 52'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 12 '15 "  N , 71 ° 52' 20"  E
Area :	3 699  km²
Residents :	899,000 (2014)
Population density :	243 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	PST ( UTC + 5 )

The Upper Dir District ( Urdu ضلع دیر بالا, Pashtun بر دير ولسوالۍ) is located in the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . It has existed since 1996, when the original district out in the districts of Upper Dir District and Lower Dir was divided.

In early June 2011 around 300 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters attacked a border post into Afghanistan in Upper Dir . Between 24 and 50 soldiers and 6 civilians were killed in the 24-hour battle.

Web links

Commons : District Upper Dir  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b The} battle lasted 24 hours. In: ORF . June 2, 2011, accessed June 8, 2011 .