Miandam

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Miandam is a hill station located Sarhad, Pakistan, in the Hindu Kush.[1] It is located 32 km from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley at 35°3′12″N, 72°33′39″E.[2] In the 1980s, it completed a mosque, medical complex, and plumbing system.[1] Its economy focuses on skiing tourism and agriculture. While the agriculture was mostly centered on corn and potatoes,[1] 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 he medicinal plant trade for their entire income.[3]

As of 1988, its population was 3,000;[1] but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.[3]

[edit] External links

  1. ^ a b c d Barbara Crossette. "TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan", New York Times, 1988-12-27. 
  2. ^ Miandam at Maplandia
  3. ^ a b Miandam at Plantlife International
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