{{Short description|Pakistani town and valley}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{pp-sock|small=yes}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Torkhow | name = | settlement_type = | image_skyline = | imagesize = 240px | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = 150 px | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|35|33|29|N|71|47|33|E|region:PK|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Pakistan | pushpin_label_position = <!-- left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Pakistan}} | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Lower Chitral | population_total = | population_as_of = 1998 | population_est = | pop_est_as_of = 2009 | population_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = | elevation_m = 1359 | elevation_m_min = | elevation_m_max = | population_density_km2 = | leader_title = | leader_name = | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 = | area_code = | area_code_type = Calling code | timezone1 = PST | utc_offset1 = +5 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Torkhow''' is a town and tehsil in the Lower Chitral District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Located 108 km from the main city of Chitral, it borders the Wakhan valley of Afghanistan. Shagram is the administrative centre of the valley. The area is home to a Higher Secondary school and Rural Health Centre.<ref>http://kpbos.gov.pk/files/1432633137.pdf) {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909143726/http://kpbos.gov.pk/files/1432633137.pdf |date=2016-09-09 }}</ref> Torkhow is also significant as the origin of the Khowar language, which is spoken in Chitral.<ref>[http://lson.org.pk/lso-profiles/chitral-region/upper-torkhow-development-network-utdn/ upper torkhow development network utdn]</ref> Most of the villages are situated on the right bank of Torkhow River, with the exception of Washich village, which lies on the left bank.<ref>[http://www.chitraltoday.net/rayeen-where-a-leviathan-qalamdar-is-imprisoned/ Deh ba Deh: Rayeen, where a leviathan (qalamdar) is “imprisoned”]</ref>
Villages in Torkhow: * 1. Istaru * 2. Werkhup * 3. Rayeen * 4. Merlp * 5. Sherjuli * 6. Shagram * 7. Khot * 8. Washich * 9. Ujnu * 10. Rech * 11. Buzund * 12. Zanglasht * 13. Shotkhar
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Category:Populated places in Lower Chitral District {{Lower-Chitral-Union-Councils}} {{LowerChitral-geo-stub}}