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Monday, 04 July 2011 23:36

Mingora Travel Guide

MinGora City : is the largest city in Swat District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 984 metres (3,228 ft)[1] and lies on the banks of River Swat about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from Saidu Sharif, the present capital of Swat. As of 1998, the population of Mingora was about 175,000. The city was once a major tourist destination and was described by Queen Elizabeth as the "Switzerland" of the former Empire.[2] However with the rise of Taliban in Pakistan the tourist industry has suffered from clashes between the Taliban and the government. In March 2009 the city, like elsewhere in Swat, came under Taliban rule due to a peace agreement with the government. However the agreement quickly fell apart and in May 2009 government forces were engaged in fierce fighting with the Taliban to end their occupation of the city. Mingora City Is the only and big city of valley swat, situated on the bank of River Swat. Saidu Sharif is the capital of valley swat. The population of Mingora is about More then 12 lac . Saidu group of teaching hospital swat is just one mile away from mingora. There are some big hotels in Mingora .Mingora, 3 kms From Saidu Sharif, has yielded magnificent pieces of Buddhist sculpture and the ruins of great stapes.

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Many Buddhist remains and carvings have been discovered near Mingora in the Jambill River Valley. At Panr, a stupa and monastery dated to the 1st century CE has been excavated. At Loe Banr and Matalai, Italian archaeologists unearthed 475 Aryan graves dated circa 1700 BCE.[citation needed]. On the opposite side of River Swat at Aligrama, near the Saidu Sharif airport, a site of Gandhara grave culture was discovered by Italian archaeologists which has been dated to circa 10,000 BCE.[citation needed] Queen Elizabeth never described it that way.

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