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Shangla was
accorded district position in 1995. Shangla is one of the
backward and rural district of North West Frontier Province
(N.W.F.P) situated on the east of district Swat, to the
north it shares its borders with district Kohistan, to the
south with district Buner, while to the east Indus has
separated it from district Batagram and tribal belt of
Kaladakha. It lies from 34º-31´ to 33º-08´ north latitude
and 72º-33´ to 73º-01´east latitude, situated at an
elevation of 3164 meters above the sea level. The total area
of district is 1586 square kilometers, while its population
is 434563 comprise of 223784 male and 210815 female
with an annual growth rate of 3.3 %. The number of
households is 53539 divided into 111 settlements or
villages. Average household per village is approximately 107
lies on hard and hilly remote areas. High mountains and
narrow valleys dominate the topography of district Shangla.
These mountains are the western extremities of the great
Himalayan range.
District Shangla is a complex patchwork of tribal, feudal,
conservative, and above all patriarchal norms. The people
belong to different tribes such as Yousafzai, Gujar, Ajar,
and Syeds. Most of the people are living in joint family
system. The people like early marriages and are gender
sensitive due to patriarchal and religious conservatism.
Pashto is the local language while Gujroo is the language of
Gujars spoken by major portion of the population in the
hilly and remote areas. Subsistence agriculture is the main
source of livelihoods. Majority of the people is working in
Middle East, Karachi, Quetta, and some other parts of the
country on their muscular power. While most of the Ajars and
Gujars rear their sheep folk for subsistence livelihoods.
Poverty in district Shangla is attributed as lack of
financial capital, large family size, and lack of human
capital, gender sensitivity, and poor infrastructure within
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