{{original research|date=February 2018}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = {{nq| میاندام }} | name = Miandam | settlement_type = Union Council | image_skyline = File:Miandam, Swat (Kpk).jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_blank_emblem = | blank_emblem_size = 100px | blank_emblem_type = Logo | blank_emblem_link = | image_map = | mapsize = 280px | map_alt = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_alt1 = | map_caption1 = Location within Pakistan | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Upper Swat | population_total = 27418 | population_as_of = 2017 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = | population_footnotes = <ref name="census2017">{{cite web|url=http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/SWAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf|title=POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA|date=2018-01-03|access-date=2018-04-23|publisher=Pakistan Bureau of Statistics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417101439/http://www.pbscensus.gov.pk/sites/default/files/bwpsr/kp/SWAT_BLOCKWISE.pdf|archive-date=2018-04-17|url-status=dead}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | blank_name_sec1 = Number of towns | blank_info_sec1 = | blank_name_sec2 = | blank_info_sec2 = | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = | footnotes = }}
320px|thumbnail|Miandam, swat valley '''Miandam''' (also '''Miandam valley'''), is a hill station and union council in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the foothills of Hindu Kush mountains.<ref name=NYT>{{cite news| work=New York Times| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDE163EF934A15751C1A96E948260| title=TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan| author=Barbara Crossette| date=1988-12-27}}</ref> It is located at a distance of 55 km away from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and {{convert|56|km|mi|sp=us}} from Saidu Sharif.<ref>[http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/n-w-f-p/swat/miandam/ Miandam at Maplandia]</ref>
Miandam is enriched in medicinal plants, owing to which the town is the site of a World Wide Fund for Nature project promoting sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants, and now about 1,000 people are dependent on the medicinal plant trade for their entire income.<ref name=plantlife>[http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-pakistan-Miandam.htm Miandam at Plantlife International] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410025140/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-pakistan-Miandam.htm |date=10 April 2008 }}</ref> The primary economy of the region is based on tourism and agriculture. While agriculture is mostly centered on corn and potatoes,<ref name=NYT/> As of 1988, its population was 3,000;<ref name=NYT/> but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.<ref name=NYT/><ref name=plantlife/>
==Demographics== ===Ethnic groups=== The major ethnic groups in Miandam are: *Gujjar<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last1=Akhtar |first1=Naveed |last2=Rashid |first2=Abdur |last3=Murad |first3=Waheed |last4=Bergmeier |first4=Erwin |date=2013-04-15 |title=Diversity and use of ethno-medicinal plants in the region of Swat, North Pakistan |journal=Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=25 |doi=10.1186/1746-4269-9-25 |pmid=23587127 |doi-access=free |issn=1746-4269 |pmc=3641993 |quote=The valley of Miandam, Swat, is a well-known summer resort in northern Pakistan. Located about 50 km northeast of Saidu Sharif, the valley lies between 35° 4' N and 72° 29-32' E in the mountain range of Hindu Raj [17]. Gujars (Indian Aryans) and Yousafzai (Pakhtoon) are the two main tribes residing in the area.}}</ref> *Yousafzai (Pashtun)<ref name=":0" />
==See also== {{Commons category|Miandam}} *Marghazar - ''Swat Valley'' *Malam Jabba -''Swat Valley'' *Gabina Jabba - ''Swat Valley'' *Madyan - ''Swat Valley'' *Behrain - ''Swat Valley'' *Kalam -''Swat Valley'' *Utror - ''Kalam Valley'' *Usho - ''Swat Valley'' *Gabral -''Kalam Valley''
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Category:Hill stations in Pakistan Category:Tourist attractions in Swat Category:Swat District {{Upper-Swat-Union-Councils}} {{coord missing|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa}} Category:Union councils of Swat District {{Swat-geo-stub}} ==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20150930001816/http://www.pakp.gov.pk/index.php/members/bydistrict/en/19/90 Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Government website section on Lower Dir] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120702153921/http://complex.pakresponse.info/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=IYXTHUT6_Cs%3D&tabid=65&mid=436 United Nations] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20141204142734/http://www.hajjinfo.org/hajj/uploads/20140723_tcode.pdf Hajjinfo.org Uploads] * [http://paiman.jsi.com/Resources/dhp.htm PBS paiman.jsi.com]