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Introducing Mingora & Saidu Sharif
In recent decades the two towns of Mingora and Saidu Sharif have merged into one another to form a sprawling unit. Mingora is the older market town with a heaving bazaar, long-distance transport and most of the hotels. Saidu Sharif is the traditional seat of Swat power and the administrative headquarters for the Malakand Division that also covers Dir and Chitral.
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This area is the base from which to see Lower Swat’s wealth of Buddhist and other historical sites (there’s a good museum too), and to change buses for Upper Swat. Mingora’s noise, traffic and frenetic atmosphere may come as a shock if you’ve arrived from the north.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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