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Drazanda (also spelled DarazindaorDrazinda) is a main village or small town in Dera Ismail Khan DistrictofPakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The population is 8,842, according to the 2017 Census of Pakistan.^[1]

Drazanda درازندہ درازنده‎
Drazanda
Coordinates: 31°42′25″N 70°08′07″E / 31.706926°N 70.135163°E / 31.706926; 70.135163
Country	Pakistan
Region	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	Dera Ismail Khan
Tehsil	Drazanda Tehsil
Government
• Chairman	Izat Gull (IND)
Population (2017)^[1]
• Total	8,842

The Takht-e-Sulaiman peak of the Sulaiman Mountains is located near Drazanda.^[2] At 3,487 metres (11,440 ft), it is the highest peak in Dera Ismail Khan District and the greater Shirani region.^[3] Ibn Battuta named Takht-e-Sulaiman as Kōh-e Sulaymān, "Mount of Solomon".^[4]^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL: FATA (FR D.I.KHAN)" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-04-11.

^ "Geography: Mountains of Pakistan". DAWN.COM. 2009-09-05. Retrieved 2018-02-02.

^ "Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan". NASA Earth Observatory. October 7, 2002. Archived from the original on April 4, 2003. Retrieved 10 Nov 2013.

^ Qaisrani, Saad. "To the throne of Sulaiman". The News International. Retrieved 2018-02-02.

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