Chitral

Chitral

چترال‎
Chitral چترال‎
town
	Ataliq bazaar
	Chitral Location of Chitral Chitral Chitral (Pakistan)
	Coordinates: 35°50′46″N 71°47′09″E / 35.84611°N 71.78583°E
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Chitral District
Government
• Body	MNA
• MNA (NA-1)	Mr. Abdul Latif (SIC)
Area
• Total	0 km2 (0 sq mi)
Elevation	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Demonym	Chitralis
Languages
• Official	Urdu
• Native	Chitrali language
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
PIN	17200
Website	chitral.gov.pk

Chitral (Urdu: چترال‎, is the main town of the Chitral District in Pakistan. It is on the western bank of the Chitral River. It has a population of 20,000. Chitrali language is native language. It has total area size of 0 square kilometers.

History

Chitral has for millennia been an important point on the trade routes from northern Afghanistan (ancient Bactria) and the Tarim Basin to the plains of Gandhara (in northern Pakistan), and the region near Jalalabad, in eastern Afghanistan.