Shalman District | |
Native Name: | شلمان |
Other Name: | Bagh Kaley |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Established Title: | Established |
Seat Type: | Headquarters |
Seat: | Landikotal |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 2,230 |
Population Total: | 33,000 |
Population As Of: | 2014 (est) |
Population Density Km2: | 54 |
Demographics1 Info1: | Pashto, Urdu, Gujro, English, |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Iso Code: | 0924 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Constituency |
Blank Info Sec1: | 1 seat [NA-45] |
Blank1 Name Sec1: | Number of Tehsils |
The Shalman Valley (ps|شلمان دره) is located in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The tehsil headquarters are located at Landikotal.[1] It was previously a subdivision of Shalman Tehsil, but was upgraded to the status of a tehsil on July 10, 2006[2] by the "MNA Noor ul Haq Alqadri". The total area of the Tehsil is 2,230 square kilometres.[2] Shalman comprises two sub division, Kam Shalman and Loye Shalman.[1] Shalman has the lowest Human Development Index in the province and second lowest in the country.[3] [4]
Shalmani also spelled as Shilmani, Shelmani, Sulemani is the tribe living in this valley as well as in other parts of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran.