Chitral District
| Chitral District ݯھیترارو ضلع ضلع چترال | |||||||||||
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| District of Pakistan | |||||||||||
| 1947–2018 | |||||||||||
Map of the former district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |||||||||||
| Capital | Chitral town | ||||||||||
| Demonym | Chitralis | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1947–2018 | 14,850 km2 (5,730 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1947–2018 | 414,000 | ||||||||||
| • Type | District Government | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 14 August 1947 | ||||||||||
• Establishment of Lower and Upper Chitral | 20 July 2018 | ||||||||||
| Political subdivisions | 6 Tehsils | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Pakistan · Lower Chitral & Upper Chitral Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||||||||||
Chitral District (Khowar: ݯھیترارو ضلع; Urdu: ضلع چترال) was a district in the Malakand Division of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from 14 August 1947 to 2018. It was the northernmost and the largest district of the province, covering an area of 14,850 km2, before the district was split in two forming the new districts of Upper Chitral and Lower Chitral.
It shared district borders with Swat and Dir to the south, a provincial border with Gilgit-Baltistan to the east and the Durand Line as international border with Afghanistan to the north and west. Afghanistan's narrow strip of Wakhan Corridor separated Chitral from Tajikistan in the north.