Ghalanai
غلنئی غلنۍ | |
---|---|
Town | |
Coordinates: 34°19′27″N 71°23′54″E / 34.32417°N 71.39833°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Territory | ![]() |
Agency | Mohmand Agency |
Tehsil | Halim Zai |
Elevation | 651 m (2,136 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,422 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Ghalanai (Pashto: غلنۍ, Urdu: غلنئی) is the largest town and headquarter of Mohmand District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°19'16N 71°24'0E with an altitude of 651 metres (2139 feet).
Ghalanai is expanding as its population are growing before 2001 only 3 to 4 small villages is now transforming a small town as it is now approximately merging all nearby villages like Dawat kor, Aba khail,Molyano Mandi or Sultani Mandi to North and west respectively,while Sra Karapi to the South,being a District headquarter there are many government offices/institution including Rescue 1122, DHQ Hospital DPO office DC, AC's offices judicial building, TMA upper Mohmand, Forest Deportment,NADRA, Election commission office, and Post office etc,
References
[edit]- ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: FATA (MOHMAND AGENCY)" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. 2018-01-03. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-03-31.
- ^ Location of Ghalanai - Falling Rain Genomics
Ghalanai consist of six main villages, miangan, wazir kalay,pagul kor, Gigyani, naway kaly and buneer kaly in which Ghalanai Akhonzadgan is the oldest village and the village called Ghalanai akhonzadgan and later the other Surrounding villages adopted the name and now Ghalanai is expanding.