Thakot or Takot ( ur, ; ps, ) is a tribal town on the
Indus River
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in
Battagram District of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...
,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. It is also one of twenty
Union Councils of Battagram District, and one of twelve in Battagram Tehsil.
Thakot is located midway between
Battagram
Battagram ( ur, , ps, ) is a city and Union Council of Battagram District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°41'N 73°1'E and has an altitude of 1038 metres (3408 feet).
Climate
With a mild and generally wa ...
town in the south and
Besham town (
Shangla District
Shangla District ( ps, شانګله ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The district's headquarter is located at Alpuri, while the largest city and commercial center is Besham. The distric ...
) in the north, at a distance of about 30 km from both.
Climate
With a mild and generally warm and temperate climate, Thakot features a
humid subtropical climate (''Cfa'') under the
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...
. The average temperature in Thakot is 21.1 °C, while the annual precipitation averages 896 mm. Even in the driest months, there is a lot of precipitation. November is the driest month with 19 mm of precipitation, while August, the wettest month, has an average precipitation of 157 mm.
June is the hottest month of the year with an average temperature of 31.1 °C. The coldest month January has an average temperature of 9.5 °C.
Demography
Most of the people living here belong to the
Swati tribe. Mangian families also live in Thakot. The people of Thakot speak
Pashto
Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani ().
Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...
natively as well as
but the educated people also know English.
Hydro
The
Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is building 2,800
MW Hydel Power Project Thakot at an estimated cost of $5 billion. The Pakistan government has proposed
Russian cooperation in the project.
Six power projects: Pakistan seeks Russian investment prior to Putin’s visit
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References
Union councils of Battagram District
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