Toru, Mardan
village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Toru Mardan
Toru is a village and union council in Mardan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It has an altitude of 291 m (958 feet).
The inhabitants of Toru are Yousafzai Pashtun, tracing their origin to central Asia and Afghanistan in particular.
Location
Toru is located South of Mardan City, surrounded by two perennial nullahs called Kalpani and Balar; the former descends down from the heights of Malakand to the plains of this vast, fertile tract, while the later comes from the adjacent district of Swabi.
“Toru, Mardan” enters the record as village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Toru, Mardan and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 20, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7827410. Authority coordinates are 34.164, 72.084. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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