Buner District
district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Buner District (Pashto: بونېر ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع بونیر) is a district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before receiving the status of a district in 1991, it was a tehsil in Swat District.
Buner, known for its large marble reserves, is home to the Shrine of Pir Baba, a Sufi saint and spiritual guide of the Mughal Emperor Babur. The armies of Alexander the Great passed through
the district, most notably in Karakar, Daggar, and Ambela. The locals later fought Mughal and British armies.
Buner's altitude starts at 1200 ft in the south in Totalai and reaches a maximum height of 9,550 ft at the Dosara Peak in the north. Most of the hills that encircle the Buner District are covered in pine trees. The Barandu, Chamla, and Budal are the three principal rivers; the former flows through the center of the district. The majority of people reside in rural areas, where agriculture is their primary source of income. The region's principal crops include sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, and maize.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2039096. VIAF identifies the subject as 156123381. The Library of Congress control number is n99035850. Authority coordinates are 34.511, 72.484. 1 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991 and 1200.
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