Swat Explained

Swat or SWAT may refer to:

Places

• Swat (princely state), a former princely state in the present-day Swat and other surrounding districts
• Sultanate of Swat
• Swat District, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan
• Swat River, a river in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan
• Somerset West and Taunton, a district in England

Film and television

• S.W.A.T. (1975 TV series), an American action crime series about a SWAT team
• S.W.A.T. (film), a 2003 film based on the series
  • S.W.A.T. (soundtrack), the film's soundtrack album
• , a 2011 direct-to-video sequel to the film
• , a third film in the series, released direct-to-video in 2017
• S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series), a series based on the 1975 television series and 2003 feature film

Video games

• SWAT, a 1984 arcade game developed by Coreland
• Police Quest or SWAT, a series of police simulation video games:
  • SWAT 4
  • SWAT Force
  • SWAT Elite Troops

Other uses

• Swat, to bat away a nuisance, as with a fly swatter
• Block (basketball) or swat, a defensive play
• SWAT (special weapons and tactics), a paramilitary unit of law-enforcement agencies
  • SWAT (Bangladesh), a tactical unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police
  • Beijing SWAT, a tactical unit of the Beijing Police, China
• SWAT (magazine), an American firearms and law enforcement monthly
• Samba Web Administration Tool (SWAT)
• SWAT model (Soil & Water Assessment Tool), a river basin scale model

See also

• Akhund of Swat, a prominent religious Mullah or priest, and Emir of the former Yusufzai State of Swat
• Swatting, a hoax intended to provoke a response from SWAT or other emergency personnel

• • • • SWATS (Southwest Atlanta, too strong), a hiphop group
• Swot (disambiguation)
• Swati (disambiguation)