Dir

Summary

Dir is a town^[1]. Dir ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dir is located in Upper Dir District^[3].
• Dir is in the country of Pakistan^[4].
• Dir's instance of is recorded as town^[5].
• Dir's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[6].
• Dir's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 243726907^[7].
• Dir's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 35.205833333333, 'lon': 71.875555555556}^[8].
• Dir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/09x_g_^[9].
• Dir's capital of is recorded as Upper Dir District^[10].
• Dir's capital of is recorded as Dir State^[11].
• Dir's GeoNames ID is recorded as 1179757^[12].
• Dir's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1083416^[13].
• Dir's UN/LOCODE is recorded as PKDIR^[14].
• Dir's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1420'}^[15].
• Dir's Quora topic ID is recorded as Dir-Pakistan^[16].
• Dir's Google Maps Customer ID is recorded as 17608390294901186692^[17].
• Dir's Who's on First ID is recorded as 421167273^[18].

Body

Geography

Dir is in the country of Pakistan^[4]. Dir is located in Upper Dir District^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Dir's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1420'}^[15].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town^[5] and human settlement^[6].

Why It Matters

Dir ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).^[2] Dir has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] Dir is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]