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Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Country
  
Pakistan

Tehsil
  
Topi

Post Code
  
23460

Elevation
  
335 m

Province
  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

District
  
Swabi

Time zone
  
PST (UTC+5)

Telephone Dialing Code
  
05372-0938

Local time
  
Monday 9:28 AM

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Weather
  
25°C, Wind SE at 6 km/h, 47% Humidity

University
  
Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

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Topi (Pashto: ټوپۍ‎) is a town in Swabi District of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. The town, located in the east of the district, is administratively subdivided into two Union councils: Topi East and Topi West. It is the birthplace of Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum.

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Map of Topi, Pakistan

Geography

Topi is located in the east of Swabi District of the Khyber Pukhtoonkwa Province of Pakistan. Topi is located to the west of the Tarbela Dam, the world's largest earth filled dam. Tarbela Dam is the largest hydroelectric generation project in Haripur District, Pakistan, producing 3,495 megawatts of electricity accounting for 40 percent of the Water and Power Development Authority's total power output as of 1980.

Education sector

The town of Topi is home of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (GIKI), named after Ghulam Ishaq Khan, a former President of Pakistan who had served at Topi during his illustrious career as a civil servant.

Notable people

  • Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan, 1st Chief Minister of N.W.F.P, Founder of Islamia College
  • References

    Topi, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Wikipedia