Hazara

Hazara is located at the back of Islamabad, in the feet of Muree Hills on Abbottabad,-Lora-Ghoragalli, Road. Some mountains of the valley are nearly of the same height as the Muree hills. For example: Siribang, Dubran, Danna Nooral, and Langrial. It has beautiful pine, scrub and shrub forests, streams, waterfalls, peaks and gorges to watch.The forests of the valley are full of wildlife including leopards, monkeys and pheasants etc. The barking deer and goral sheep are occasionally seen. All the wild animals seen in Margalla and Ayubia basically belong to this valley. The valley is netted with jeep roads. There are three main roads connecting the valley with Islamabad, Muree, Abbottabad, Haripur and Khanpur. The Khanpur dam is also a part of this valley. The weather of the valley remains pleasant.This is the vast area administrated by three police stations (Nara, Lora and New Khanpur). The valley area starts from New Khanpur and ends at Ayubia in west to east and from Havelian to Margalla Hills from north to south. The eastern half of this area is in district Abbottabad the other half is in district Haripur. 
This whole area is administratively divided in to three forest ranges (Stoura, Khanpur and Makhnial). Both ranges are under the administrative control of Haripur Forest Division and Abbottabad Wildlife Division. The five major reserved forests (Sarla Reserved Forest, Margalla Reserved Forest, Kohala Lassan Reserved Forest, and Rahi Reserved Forest ans Stoura Reserved Forest) along with other small reserves, guzaras and mehdoodas are located in this area. The largest reserved forest is Kohala Lassan Forest, which starts from Khanpur Dam and ends at the boundaries of Stoura. The Dubran Forest is the part of this reserve.The valley is further connected to the forests of Kashmir and Mansehra forests through Ayubia and Gallies forests.

Town
 
The following are the few important towns and villages of Haro River valley.New Khanpur: A neat clean and well planed small town located in the West of Khanpur dam. Nearly all necessities of life are available here. A rural health centre, banks, degree college, police station, range forest officer office, boys & girls high schools, girls inter college and veterinary hospital are the main governmental buildings in the town. Weather remains pleasant all the times.
Lora: Another small town in the eastern corner of the valley. It is about at a 9 km road distance from Ghoragali with pleasant weather, but slightly chilly in the winter. All necessities of life including education and health are available here.
Bodela: A small town of the Neelan valley with good facilities and beautiful sceneries around. Located on the Kanial Abbottabad Road.
Jabri: A small town or a large village with some good facilities like a good small bazaar, high school for boys, a BHU, a bus stop and middle school for girls. It takes a great rush at day times. It is located in the centre of the valley on the northern bank of river Haro. It is a junction point of three streams and three roads.
Kohala Bala: On the junction of Abbottabad Lora road and Tarnava Lora road a beautiful village with small bazaar is located. This village is called Kohala Bala. The significant residents of this village are sayeds.
Stoura: 8 km in the north of Lora the large and oldest village of Karral tribe is situated. A shingle road connects it with Jabri. At present this village is slightly backward but it has a rich and old history.
Langrial: Head quarters of union counsel Langrial and an important village. Located at a road distance of 12 km from Maqsood on main Lora road. The most of the residents are Jadoon. Before partition it was base of Hindu Banias and was the great Mandi of the region, but after the independence the people of the village failed to maintain it.
Phulla: At about 10-12 km road distance the most beautiful village of Phulla is located. It is the native village of Sgt. Manzir Ali Shaheed, who was crashed with President Zia-ul-Haque.
Dubran: The mountain next to the village in the south is Dubran. The village on the top of the mountain is called Dubran. It is nearly self sufficient village with good fertile lands. It is the most beautiful village but with one problem i.e. shortage of water. It could be called an heaven on earth if the water in good quantity is provided. It is just apposite to the Muree in the west on an elevation of about 5500 feet with pleasant weather all the year but slightly chilly in snowy days. It is the best snow watching point also.
Najifpur: The whole village surrounded with thick scrub and pine jungles is located on the eastern edge of Khanpur dam at about 8 km road distance from Tarnava.
Halley: The biggest village scattered over large area of hills. Pine and kahoo trees are in abundance in the surrounding area of Halley village. It has schools for boys and girls and a near by BHU.
Chinjah: A small and beautiful village in-between Jabri and Stoura on the bank of the river. Most of the population of this village belongs to Karral tribe. The literacy rate amongst the kraals is very high (about 80%). Many of them are commissioned officer in defence forces. It is the native village of ex-conservator NWFP Sardar Wazir Muhammad Khan.
Tial Sayedan: A small but famous village of the valley. Darbar-e-Alia Quadria of Sayed Faiz Ali Shah (Saeen Shah) has made it an important village. Linked with Jabri through a jeep road.
Garamthoon: A village at the back of Margalla Hills Park surrounded with jungles of pine kahoo and Phulay with plenty of wildlife.


 

Populations, Density and Growth Rate

Division/ District	Area  in Sq.  K.M	Population		% Change in 1998 over 1981	Population Density per Sq. K.M		Growth Rate 1981-1998 (%)
		1981	1998		1981	1998
Hazara Division	17064	2701257	3505581	30	158	205	1.54
Abbottabad	1967	647635	880666	36	329	448	1.82
Haripur	1725	479031	692228	45	278	401	2.19
Mansehra	4579	770235	1152839	50	168	252	2.40
Battagram	1301	339119	307278	-9	261	236	-0.58
Kohistan	7492	465237	472570	2	62	63

Hindko language Hindko (or Hindku)
Hindko language Hindko (or Hindku) is an ancient language spoken in northern Pakistan. The word "Hindko" literally translates to "Indian Mountains, or more appropriately as "Mountains of the Indus country."[citation needed] The word "Hind" is the Persianized reference to the regions associated with the Indus River immediately to the east of Persia and "Ko" means mountains. [citation needed] The term is also found in the Greek reference to the mountainous region in eastern Afghanistan and northern Pakistan as Caucasus Indicus. The language is spoken in the areas of the North West Frontier Province (including Hazara), Punjab and Kashmir by an estimated 7 million people. There is no generic name for these people because they belong to diverse ethnicities and tend to recognize themselves by the larger family or castes. However the largest group of them in the districts of Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra are sometimes recognized collectively as Hazarawal, named after the defunct Hazara Division that comprised of these districts. In Peshawar city they are referred to as "Kharay" meaning City-dwellers or Hindkowans. 
History and Origin During the pre-Buddhist era in present day Pakistan, the language of the masses was refined by the ancient grammarian Pa?ini who set the rules of a structurally rigorous language called Sanskrit which was used principally for scriptures (analogous to Latin in the Western world). Meanwhile, the vernacular language of the masses, Prakrit developed into many tongues and dialects which spread over the northern parts of South Asia. Hindko is believed to be closely related to Prakrit. Due to the geographic isolation of the regions, it has undergone very little corruption, but has borrowed considerable vocabulary from its neighbours, in particular Pashto. It shows close affinity to Punjabi and the Lahnda sub-group of Indo-Aryan tongues and can be sub-divided into a northern and southern dialect (the southern dialect spoken in Pakistani Punjab shows some similarity with Siraiki as opposed to Punjabi).  This language is very similar to the Mirpuri dialect of Potohari and both Hindko and Mirpuri speakers can understand each other very well. Speakers The largest geographically contiguous group of Hindko speakers is concentrated in the districts of Abbottabad, Haripur, Mansehra and Kaghan valley of Pakistan, while there are substantial number of geographically isolated speakers of Hindko in cities like Peshawar, Mardan and Kohat. People here tend to associate themselves with larger families instead of a language (or caste as it used to be called) like Awan, Tanoli,Tareen, Jadoon, Abbasi , karlal etc. People who speak Hindko are referred to by some academics as Punjabi Pashtuns probably because of many Pashtuns tribes, for example Jadoons and Tanolis who settled in places like Hazara, adopted Hindko as their first language and had gained political power in these areas during the British rule and also because of many ethnic Pushtun people who speak Hinkdo as their first language in Peshawar and Kohat. The Hindko speaking people living in major cities Peshawar, Kohat, Mardan are bilingual in Pashto and Hindko. Similarly many Pashto speaking people in districts like Abbottabad and Mansehra (especially in Agror Valley and northern Tanawal) have become bilingual in Pashto and Hindko. The NWFP Imperial Gazetteer (1905) regularly refers to the language as Hindko. More than one interpretation has been offered for the term Hindko. Some associate it with Hindustan (as the word maybe used during the medieval Muslim period in the sub-continent), others with the Indus River which is of course the etymological source of all these terms. 
Farigh Bukhari and South Asian language expert and historian Christopher Shackle believe that Hindko was a generic term applied to the Indo-Aryan dialect continuum in the northwest frontier territories and adjacent district of Attock in the Punjab province to differentiate it from Pushto. Linguists classify the language into the Indic subgroup of Indo-European languages and consider it to be one of the Indo-Iranian languages of the area. An estimated 2.4 per cent of the total population of Pakistan speak Hindko as their mother tongue, with more rural than urban households reporting Hindko as their household language. Demographics The speakers of Hindko live primarily in six districts: Mansehra, Abbottabad, Haripur, Peshawar, Nowshera and Kohat in NWFP, and Attock and Rawalpindi in Punjab and parts of Kashmir; Jonathan Addleton states that "Hindko is the linguistic majority in the NWFP, represented in nearly one-fifth of the province's total households." In Abbottabad District 92 per cent of households reported speaking Hindko, in Mansehra District 47 per cent, in Peshawar District 7 per cent, and in Kohat District 10 per cent (1986). Testing of inherent intelligibility among Hindko dialects through the use of recorded tests has shown that there is a northern (Hazara) dialect group and a southern group.  The southern dialects are more widely understood throughout the dialect network than are the northern dialects. The dialects of rural Peshawar and Talagang are the most widely understood of the dialects tested. The dialect of Balakot is the least widely understood. In most Hindko-speaking areas, speakers of Pashto live in the same or neighbouring communities (although this is less true in Abbottabad and Kaghan Valley than elsewhere). In the mixed areas, many people speak both languages. The relationship between Hindko and Pashto is not one of stable bilingualism. In the northeast, Hindko is the dominant language both in terms of domain of usage and in terms of the number of speakers, whereas in the southwest, Pashto seems to be advancing in those same areas.  Historically, there were two languages each in upper Afghanistan and lower Afghanistan:  Persian and Pushto and Hindko and Pushto. Chach Hazara was a great centre of resistance to the British. The Gandhara Hindko Board has published the first dictionary of the language and its launching ceremony was held on March 16, 2003. According to a press release, Sultan Sakoon, a prominent Hindku poet, has compiled the dictionary.

Tribes

The Gujars: The Gujars are the oldest tribe of Mansehra. There are differences of opinion about their origin (for detail see Chapter two). Many writers recognized them as Gurjara who came to India with the Huns and settled in Punjab and Rajputana. After the decline of the White Huns they established Gurjara state in Rajputana. Sinee at that time Buddhism was the dominant religion, therefore, they accepted it. On Buddhism 's decline the Hindus once again established their dominanee over India. The Hindu Rajput Rajas got dominance in the pungab and made the Budh Gujars the vietims of their tyranny. Because of the Rajputs oppression they migratted to Hazara, Dir and Swat around 9th century A.D. Afterwards these people were continuously overpowered by the other tribes.
The Gujars had come to Hazara earlier then other tribes. They were the sole occupants of Hazara before the advent of the Muslims. The Muslims made them their subjects when they reached the soil of Hazara. The Afghan tribes one after another came to Hazara and deprived the Gujars of their possessions. The Dilazaks were the first people who disturbed their peaceful life. On the Gujar's compliant the Mughal emperor Jahangir expelled them from Hazara. During the reign of Aurangzeb Alamgir the Gujars lived a peaceful life. On Alamgir's coming to Hassan Abdal a Gujar namely Daulat Baig welcomed him and got the title of Muqaddam from him. In Hazara Jagal Gujars of Haripur and the Khatana Gujars of Kot Najibullah Whom Daulat Gujar belonged, were the only powerful and well to do families of the Gujars.
When a widespread revolt started in the Frontier many tribes crossed the Indus and captured the lands of the Gujars. In Mansehra the Swatis under Syed Jalal Baba captured the fertile lands and forests and pushed the Gujars to poorer lands on the hilltops where there was no fertility of land.. Thus gradually the other tribes got dominance over them. This is why the Gujars perforce remained the herdsmen.
When Syed Ahmad Shaheed selected the soil of Hazara for his freedom movement against the Sikhs, the Gujars were powerless then because the other tribes had got the dominance over them. Nevertheless, they served Syed Ahmad whenever the need arose. The Gujar not only guided the to sit on Mujahidin Passages to present them milk and curd. The Gujars not only guided the Mujahidin but also cleaned snow-covered routes. They proved themselves as a good hosts as well. Some people accuse them that it was they who helped the Sikhs come over from Dadar and on to Syed Ahmad at Balakot. But the Gujar reject this blame having said that there is no proof of the Gujars treachery. They further say the crime of one man cannot be attributed to the whole tribe.
At the advent of Sikhs the Gujars were living on mountains height, in valleys and plains. But after the establishment of the British rule their condition became more critical and many people were deprived of their lands. They started living as tenants of the local Khans whose tyranny made them lower creature. They worked under duress for the Khans day and night. Thus they became an ineffective group of the area. It was in 1950 when their life changed and they gained occupancy rights of land due to late Abdul Qayum Khan's land reforms. The force labour did not finish unless Z.A. Bhutto's era came. For the first time in the election of 1970 their candidate Sardar Abd-ur-Rehman contested the election. It was Bhutto's era which created in them political awareness. Thus the Gujars appeared on political scene and in 1985's election Sardar Mohammad Yousaf Contested P.F. 45 and won it. Now he is the member of National Assembly from N.A. 14. the Gujars have changed themselves and are no longer an oppressed people of a lower status. They have been raised from the abysmal depth of debasement.
The Swatis: About the origin of the Swatis the historians hold different views but the Swatis relate their lineage to Qais Abdur-Rasheed the remote ancestor of the Pathans. During the rule of Mohammad Ghuri they came to Swat where they defeated the Hindus and established their rule Sir Denzil Ibbitson is of the opinion that the original Swatis were a race of Hindu origin who once ruled the whole country into the hills of Swat and Buneer. Later on the Yousafzais expelled them from those places and drove them east and west into Mansehra and Kafristan. they are considered a very heterogeneous people not a pure race.
According to a tradition of the Swatis they ruled over Swat and Bajaor for four centuries before the Yousafzais invasion which drove them to Mansehra about the end of the 17th century. The Swatis came to Mansehra, when the Turks ruled over this territory, under the command of Syed Jalal Baba. They ousted the Turks and captured the hilly and plain areas. Jalal Baba divided the whole country among the lashkar except one fourth of it which he kept for himself. Since they came from Swat, therefore, are called Swatis. They occupy the whole of Mansehra district except Tanawal. The are divided into three great clans, Ghebri, Mamiali and Mitravi of which the first claim Tajik, the Mamiali Yousafzai, and the Mitravi Durrani origin. The Ghebri a section of upper Pakhli occupy Kaghan, Balakot, Ghari Habibullah, Mansehra, Dhodial, Shinkiari, Batagram, Thakot and Konsh while the Mamiali and Mitravi dwell in Bherkund, Agror, Takri and Deshi. In Allai Inhabit both the groups. These groups have been further divided into many subsections. Both educationally and politically they are in a strong position.
The Awans: Many writers have advanced different theories about the origin of the Awans. Hair Krishan Ray considers them to be of purely Hindu origin. He says the word Awan is of Sanskrit language which mcans helper. He further says that these people got this name due to successful defence against any foreign aggression. After their conversion to Islam they attached themselves with Qutb Shah and started to call them Qutb Shahi Awan. Major Wace is inclined to give them a Jat origin. Raverty considers them the blend of Badri tribes which was originally Hindu. According to H.A. Rose the Awans have an Arabian Origin and are descendants of Qutb Shah. He traces their lineage to Hazrat Ali. In his view the descendants of Ali assisted Sabuktageen in his Indian adventure for which he bestowed the title of Awan on them, which means assistants. Malik Fazal Dad Khan has supported this theory but with some modification. He also considers them of Arabian origin and traces their lineage to Hazrat Ali. But according to him Abdullah Rasul-Mirza was the remote ancestor of the Awans. In 8th century, he was made a commander of the army of Ghaur by Caliph Haroon-ur-Rasheed, with the title of Awan and his descendants are called the Awans. Sabiha Shaheen, in her theses for her M.A. degree considers this theory as tenable. She further says that Qutb Shah fled to India along with a small group of people due to Mongol attack, and joined the court of Altamash. His descendants are called the Qutb Shahi Awans. They settled themselves in the Punjab but when the Mongol ravaged Punjab probably at that time the Awans came to Hazara. They are split up into numerous clans. The best known of these clans are the Chauhans, Khokhar, Golra, Kalga, Rhan, Chajji, Shial, Jand, Mumnal, Sadian, Parbat etc. the Awans are Scattered Throughout the district. The are good cultivators and most of them are Qutb Shahi.
The Syeds: The Syeds are the descendants of Hazrat Ali, the Prophet's son-in-law, who married Hazrat Fatima. They accompanied every Muslim Lashkar either as its leaders or preachers. The Syeds came to Mansehra in both ways. Syeds Jalal Baba, a descendent live in Kaghan and Swabi Maira. The Syeds helped Syed Ahmad Shaheed in his campaign against the Sikhs. The Syeds of Kaghan for a long time remained independent masters of the glen. The British subdued them in 1852. Major Abbot drove them out from Kaghan but in 1855 they were permitted to get back their territory. During the war of independence, 1857, they helped the British in arresting 55 freedom fighters. The Syeds in Mansehra belong to Tirmazi, Gilani, Mashadi, Bakri and Bukhari sections.
The Syeds are settled in every tehsil of Mansehra. They are very influential and are respected everywhere.
The Tanolis: The origin of the Tanaolis is uncertain. Wikely and Watson are of the opinion that a genealogical table shows them to be connected with the janjuas. Another theory is brought forward by Sardar Mohammad Ayub Khan retired session Judge of Azad Kashmir who says the Tanaolis are Abbassis. The Tanaolis themselves claim that they are Barlas Mughals. They trace their lineage to Amir Khan. Syed Murad Ali Shah, the writer of "Tarikh-i-tanaolian", supports their claim saying that the forefathers of the Tanaolis lived in the Tanal Pass, the then famous pass in Afghanistan. He further says that Sultan Sabuktageen, after defeating a Hindu Mahraja Jaipala conquering the area up to Attock, brought five thousand people from the Tanal Pass who were a mixture of the Mughals, Syeds and Afghans and settled them in Swat where Anawar Din Khan Mughal was appointed the ruler. For a long time they ruled Swat and gradually settled in Mahaban. The ancestor of Tanaolis was Amir Khan Beerdewa who had six sons namely Pall Khan, Hind Khan, Thakar Khan, Arjin Khan and Kul Khan. After the names of Beerdewa's sons there are six main clans of the Tanaolis. They are also split up into numerous smaller sections, whose names all end in at.
The Tanaolis came from across the Indus, being pushed out of the Mahaban country by the Yousafzais when they increased in numbers and power. Their pressure compelled the Tanaolis to cross the Indus in search of new land for their dwelling. So they, under the command of Maulvi Mohammad Ibrahim, Crossed the river Indus and after defeating the Turks's lashkar settled there. Their settlement took place in 1472 when Chara and Mamara were their prominent leaders. The area was divided by the brothers into two parts - the upper and the lower Tanawal. The former occupied by Hindwal and latter by Palal. Haibat Khan and Suba Khan, after eleven generations, became prominent Khans of whom former founded Amb state. His grandson, Painda Khan, became independent master of the area and he not only fought with Sikhs but also with Mujahidin who were under Syed Ahmad Shaheed's command. the Amb state remained up to 1969. The Tanaolis are an industrious and peaceful race of cultivators. They are settled only in tehsil Mansehra and make up 11% of the total population.
In addition to the above mentioned tribes Dhunds, Qureshis, Gukhars, Mughals, Rajputs, Turks, Akhun Khel, Utmanzai, Hassanzai and Nusrat Khel are other important and worth mentioning tribes and Khels in Distt. Mansehra but due to the limitations of this thesis, I am compelled to content myself without going into further details.

ABBOTTABAD
Abbottabad, named after British military officer Major James Abbott during the colonial era, Abbottabad is the third biggest city in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, known as the North-West Frontier Province until last year. It is the biggest city in Hazara division, where the majority of its 130,000-strong population speak Hindko language unlike the rest of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in which Pashtuns are the biggest ethnic group.
The Karakoram Highway, located on the old Silk Route, starts from Havelian town in Abbottabad and moves on to Gilgit-Baltistan before linking Pakistan with China at the Khunjerab Pass. The cities closest to Abbottabad are Rawalpindi-Islamabad in the south, Muzaffarabad in the east, Mansehra in the north and Haripur and Tarbela Dam in the west. 
Besides its schools and colleges, Abbottabad is famous as a military town. But it has acquired a new notoriety now — as the place where the world’s most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, found refuge during the last few years of his life.
 The political significance of Abbottabad can be gauged from the fact that former PM Nawaz Sharif won the National Assembly election from the district twice. Other important politicians from the area include Sardar Mahtab Ahmad Khan, the former CM of the province, former federal minister Amanullah Khan Jadoon, former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob and Sardar Haider Zaman, the founder of the Hazara province movement.

MANSHERA

Alexander the Great, after conquering parts of Punjab, established his rule over a large part of Mansehra District. In 327 B.C., Alexander handed this area over to Abisaras (Αβισαρης), the Raja of the Poonch state. Mansehra remained a part of Taxila during the rule of the Maurya dynasty. Ashoka was the Governor of this area when he was a prince, after the death of Ashoka’s father, Bindusara, Ashoka inherited the throne and ruled this area as well as Gandhara. Today, the famous edicts of Ashoka, inscribed on three rocks near Bareri Hill, serve as evidence of his rule. These edicts also show that this area was a famous religious centre for pilgrims. The name Mansehra is a modified form of the name Maan Singh, who once ruled 
HARIPUR
In 1472 a descendant of Amir Tamur Prince Shahabuddin came to Hazara, the area between Hasan Abdal-Attock to Kashmir came under his control. His descendants ruled most ofHazara until 1703. Gradually the Turks lost their control initially from Hassan Abdal/Attock and then from Haripur, which came the control of the powerful Gakhars. The Turks however kept their grasp over the areas between Abbottabad to Kashmir until the collapse of their rule in the 18th century. Now the descendants of these Turk rulers live in several villages of districts Haripur, Abbottabad and Mansehra. Prominent villages where they live are Bihali Mansehra and Manakrai Haripur. One of the descendant of these Turks was Raja Amanuullah Khan who became Speaker of NWFP assembly in 1980s.
Haripur (meaning Hari's town) was founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa, a Sikh General of Ranjit Singh's army. He was the Governor of Kashmir in 1822-23
Haripur District is comparatively more industrialised than other districts in the NWF Province. There are many biggest factory units here like Telephone Factory,N.R.T.C.(National Radio Telecomunication orporatin, Hazara fertilizers, Pak-China fertilizers, Terbela cotton mills etc. Furthermore, many small and big industrial factories are made in the Hatar industrial state such as Dewan Salman Fibre and Heavy Electrical Complex. Because of these industries this district is playing an important role at country level in the economic development.
Since Haripur has developed situation of medium and big industries, its role in the agricultural field is also admirable. This district especially provides fruits and vegetable not only to Peshawar but also to Islamabad and the Punjab. There is more likelihood of social and economical development due to the project of Ghazi Brotha and motorway from Peshawer to Islamabad.
One of the most impotant place in haripur is basso mera near tarbela lake. one of the most important village in the district haripur is [basso mera]. the peaple of basso mera are phatan (mashwani) they are the most brave peaple of haripur . in history of Pakistan they play important rule against sikh
One of the well known places of the district Haripur is Khalabat Town named after a village now under Tarbela Dam lake. It is a well planned town with a population of around 35,000 and is located at the bank of Tarbela Lake and is home to those displaced by the Terbela Dam. Among these places is T & T Colony haripur along with the TIP housing scheme where the litracy rate is much higher than other parts of distt. Among other famous places are:- Bandi Seeran (95% people are working overseas especialy in gulf) Dhipra (one of the village o fPakistan where litracy rate is 100%) Baldher, Rehana, the home town of (former president of Pakistan) Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Sikanderpur, Dervesh, Kot Najibullah,Bhera, Khanpur(Tehsil), Beer, Gorakki, Mora Mamdooh Mankrai (an old Turkic settlement which is famous for its old ruins), Sarai Saleh, Ali Khan, especially Shah Mohammad (For variety of plant nursery's) and Sirikot. ,The major railway station of Haripur city is actually located in Pandak village. One well known place of the district is Jagal, it is near the k.t.s (Kahlabut town ship) - it is very big village.

KOHISTAN
The weather of the region tends to be relatively mild with rain, snow and cold temperatures in the winter and mildly hot summers. Kohistan is comprised of mountains and the hilly agricultural regions. The low altitude (below 900m) in Kohistan get very hot in summer and extremely cold in winter season. In the higher regions, weather remains pleasant in summer. Due to the intensive snowfall, travelling to and from the valleys can remain restricted in winter

BATGRAM
Battagram, received a major setback in the infamous Pakistan Earthquake of October 2005 when more than 4,500 innocent lives were lost. Practically most of the District was economically shattered and currently the district is in the process of reconstruction., This district has world fame for its beautiful mountains, thick forests, fertile lands and enchanting streams. Most of the population is rural and depends upon agriculture for their day to day living. As a recent phenomenon, fishing has also become a mode of earning due to some modern scientific techniques. Another distinctive feature of this district is the notable presence of Shahra-e-Resham or Silk route