| Arandu | |
| Native Name: | اَرنْدو |
| Native Name Lang: | ur |
| Other Name: | Arnawai |
| Nickname: | The Gateway of Chitral |
| Settlement Type: | village |
| Pushpin Map: | Pakistan |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Pakistan |
| Coordinates: | 35.3103°N 71.5486°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Pakistan |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lower Chitral District |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Date: | 1700 |
| Government Type: | MPA |
| Governing Body: | Mr. Fateh Ul Mulk Ali Nasir |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 57 |
| Elevation M: | 1128 |
| Elevation Max M: | 3118 |
| Elevation Min M: | 1100 |
| Population Total: | 27000 |
| Population As Of: | 2003 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Demographics Type1: | Languages |
| Demographics1 Title1: | Spoken |
| Demographics1 Info1: | Chitrali |
| Timezone1: | PST |
| Utc Offset1: | +5 |
| Postal Code Type: | PIN |
| Postal Code: | 17250[1] |
| Website: | Official Website |
Arandu[2] (Urdu: ارندو), is a town in the Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the banks of the Landai Sin River just above its confluence with the Kunar River. Arandu lies on the border with Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
During the Afghan War of Independence in 1919, the area was part of the Chatral front of the war where the Afghans invaded British India and were led to victory over the British Empire and its Raj Subjects by Ghazi Mir Zaman Khan.[3]
Ethnically most residents are Khowar, and Gawar-Bati[4] is the language spoken by the majority of the people in Arandu. As Arandu has a low elevation and is the last village in Chitral District on the traditional trade route to Kabul, locally this language is also known as Aranduiwar.[5] Pashto, Urdu, and Khowar are also spoken and understood.
Arandu is located on the banks of the Landai Sin River (Bashgal River) just above its intersection with the Kunar River (Chitral River), along the Drosh-Jalalabad Road. The Drosh-Jalalabad Road, including water traffic along the Kunar, used to be part of a major trade route from India to Kabul. Arundu is built on river benches that rise above the agricultural fields next to the two rivers. Arandu has an average elevation of 3270NaN0. The Lowari Range is across the Kunar to the north and west, while Mount Raskarla rises to 2432m (7,979feet) four kilometers to the east.
Arandu has the lowest elevation of any place in Chitral District[6] and maintains tropical weather during the summer and warmer temperatures than the rest of Chitral in winter. The winters are rainier than the summers. Its climate is classified as warm and temperate, and is listed as Csa by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature is 17.6 °C in Arandu. The average annual rainfall is 800 mm.