Gulibagh | |
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Country | ![]() |
Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
District | Swat |
Population | |
• Total | 32,483 |
Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
Gulibagh is a town and aUnion Council located in theSwat Valley. As an administrative unit in Pakistan, it is officially recognized as a Union Council. More specifically, it is a town in theSwat District ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa province,Pakistan.
The literal meaning of "Gulibagh" in thePashto language is "garden of flowers."
District Swat consists of sevenTehsils:Khwazakhela,Charbagh, Kabal,Barikot,Babuzai, Matta, and Bahrain. Each Tehsil is further divided into severalUnion Councils, with a total of 65Union Councils in the district—56 rural and 9 urban. Gulibagh is one of theseUnion Councils.
As an administrative unit,Union Council Gulibagh includes several small villages, such as Allaabad, Dakorak, Landake, Gulibagh (the town), Waliabad, Roria, and Alamganj. Gulibagh itself is further divided into smaller Mohallas, including Rorya, Waliabad, Bodababa, Spina Khawra, Shindand, Bamano Cham, Kalay, and Maira. The majority of the population resides in Kalay.
Gulibagh is home toCadet College Swat, a premier educational institution located in Waliabad. Additionally, the area includes notable landmarks such as Patham, currently used as a Taliban jail and formerly the PAK-Austria Hotel, situated in Maira, and theUniversity of Swat, located in Allaabad, a part ofUnion Council Gulibagh.
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