Drazanda

{{Infobox settlement | name = Drazanda | native_name = {{lang|ur|{{nq|درازندہ}}}}<br>{{lang|ps|{{script/Arabic|درازنده}}}} | native_name_lang =  | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|31.706926|70.135163|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}} | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Dera Ismail Khan | subdivision_type3 = Tehsil | subdivision_name3 = Drazanda Tehsil | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = IND | leader_title = Chairman | leader_name = Izat Gull | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/fata/FR_DIKHAN_BLOCKWISE.pdf|title=POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: FATA (FR D.I.KHAN)|access-date=2018-04-11}}</ref> | population_total = 8,842 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website =  | footnotes = }}

'''Drazanda''' (also spelled '''Darazinda''' or '''Drazinda''') is a main village or small town in Dera Ismail Khan District of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is the capital of Darazinda Tehsil and has a population of 8,842, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.<ref name="census2017" />

The Takht-e-Sulaiman (Solomon's throne), the highest peak of the Sulaiman Mountains is located near Drazanda.<ref name="dawn1">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-05 |title=Geography: Mountains of Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/885748 |access-date=2018-02-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en-PK}}</ref> At {{convert|3487|m|ft|}}, it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.<ref name="dawn12">{{Cite web |date=2009-09-05 |title=Geography: Mountains of Pakistan |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/885748 |access-date=2018-02-02 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en-PK}}</ref> 14th-century Maghrebi explorer Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as ''Kōh-e Sulaymān'', "Mount of Solomon".<ref>{{cite web |date=October 7, 2002 |title=Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan |url=http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10780 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030404053837/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10780 |archive-date=April 4, 2003 |access-date=10 Nov 2013 |publisher=NASA Earth Observatory}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Qaisrani |first=Saad |title=To the throne of Sulaiman |url=http://tns.thenews.com.pk/throne-sulaiman/#.WnTZp6iWbIX |access-date=2018-02-02 |website=The News International |language=en-PK}}</ref>

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Category:Populated places in Dera Ismail Khan District