Baghdada(Pashto:بغدادہ) is a town of Mardan District

Mardan District

Mardan is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The city of Mardan is the headquarters of the district. The district also contains the famous archaeological site of Takht Bhai, Jamal Ghari and Sawal Dher.-Administration:...

 in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. It is on two important roads, one leading to Swabi

Swabi

Swabi is the capital of Swabi District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at 34°7'0N 72°28'0E. Its residents are referred to as 'Swabiwaal.'-Geography:...

 and the other to Swat and Chitral

Chitral

Chitral or Chetrar , translated as field in the native language Khowar, is the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the western bank of the Kunar River , in Pakistan. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, high...

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Geography

Baghdada is located at 34°13'0N 72°2'0E with an altitude of 288 metres (948 feet) and lies close to the Islamabad

Islamabad

Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and the tenth largest city in the country. Located within the Islamabad Capital Territory , the population of the city has grown from 100,000 in 1951 to 1.7 million in 2011...

-Peshawar

Peshawar

Peshawar is the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative center and central economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan....

 motorway. The Kalpani river flows at the eastern side of town.

Education

Educational establishments in the town include:

• Aziz bhatti Shaheed Army college Mardan
• F.G. Public High School Mardan
  F.G. Public High School Mardan
  F.G. Public High School Mardan is situated in the cantonment area of Mardan near Baghdada. It is one of the progressive educational institutions of Mardan and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. The foundation stone was laid by the then President of Pakistan Ayub Khan in 1964 and completed in two years...
  
  
• Government Middle School (GMS) Baghdada
• Government High School (GHS) Baghdada
• Government Higher Secondary School (GHSS) Baghdada
• Government Post Graduate College For Women Baghdada Mardan
• Defence College for Girls

Industry

The main industry of Baghdada is Furniture Manufacturing. There are hundreds of shops and industry of furniture which is supplied to all parts the country for domestic as well as official purposes.
Sarnjam Khan Market is the biggest Market of Furniture situated in the center of the town.

Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid

The Kuzkandi Jamiah Masjid mosque (also known Jamiah Masjid Payan) located near the Cantonment

Cantonment

A cantonment is a temporary or semi-permanent military or police quarters. The word cantonment is derived from the French word canton meaning corner or district, as is the name of the Cantons of Switzerland. In South Asia, the term cantonment also describes permanent military stations...

area and Baghdada Chowk

Chowk

Originally in Urdu , a chowk is a Town square, an open area commonly found in the heart of a traditional town used for community gatherings, Market square or simply traffic intersection:* Ashram Chowk Delhi* Banaras Chowk, Karachi...

. It is the biggest mosque in the town, with a capacity of 1000.

The Punjab Regiment

Punjab Regiment (Pakistan)

The Punjab Regiment is an infantry regiment of the Pakistan Army. The modern regiment was formed in 1956 from an amalgamation of the 1st Punjab Regiment, 14th Punjab Regiment, 15th Punjab Regiment and 16th Punjab Regiment...

Centre is on the border of Baghdada.

New Baghdada

With increasing population and expansion of the city now New Baghdada is established as new part of Baghdada town. It consists of more than 10 streets of Haji Korona and New baghdada itself. Most of the population is non-agriculture and associated with different types of occupations and trades.

External links

• Government Post Graduate College for Women Mardan