Manglawar
Manglawar is an administrative unit, known as Union council of Tehsil Babuzai, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and former capital of Kingdom of Swat.
It is located at 34°48'30.7"N 72°25'50.0"E with an average altitude of 987 meters.
Administrative division
Manglawar is divided into sub-parts for better administrative hold. Manglawar is divided on the basis of two systems:- 1967-based:
According to this division Manglawar is Union Council which also includes Union Council Aka Maruf Khel i-e: Goratai, Taligram etc. This system is still used in most of Patwar and Land revenue systems.
- KPK Local Government-based:
According to this system Manglawar is a ward which is further divided into two village councils:
- Manglawar East
- Manglawar West
Manglawar East
Manglawar East consists of small Mohallas :
- Shingrai
- Salanda
- Said Abad
- Azimabad
- Murad Abad
- Gul Mayera
- Azgharai
- Enzartangai
- Dewangai
- Batra
- Shakhorai
- Tekai
- Mohalla Haqdad Khel
- Kuz Mazid Khel
- Mazid Khel Bala
- Mohalla BakhtMand Khan
- Mohalla Gudyan Khel
- Mohalla Madi Khel
- Mohalla Saidan
- Number of registered voters is 9175.
- Of which male is 5055 and female is 4125.
- Charge No: 308
- Circle No: 07
- Block No: 01, 04, 05, 06 & 08
- Block Code: 003080701, 003080704, 003080705, 003080706, 003080708
- The number of allotted seats for General Councilor is: 9.
Manglawar West
Manglawar West is inhabited by Bami Khel Pashtuns which is a sub tribe of Babuzai. Manglawar West also known as Bami Khel consisted of Esa Khel,''Musa Khel, Burhan Khel, Mir Khel, Usman Khel, Langar Khel, Bibal Khel, Fateh Khan Khel, Dawlat Khel,Miangan, Mulan'' and other peoples.
Manglawar West consists of small mohallas :
1. Mohalla Esa Khel
2. Ali Khan Khel
3. Fateh Khan Khel
4. Bibal Khel
5. Rahat Abad
6. Kara
7. Kalkata
8. Zanagram
9. Miangan
10. Garai Kalay
11. Manglawar Pul
12. Malak Nagar
13. Dawlat Khel
14. Tawheed Abad
15. Shaheed Abad
16. Gulshan Colony Maira
17. Cheel
18. Mohalla Bakht Pur Khan
19. Bhatai
20. Shakaray
21. Shaldara (
Local Bodies Election 2015
Local Bodies Elections were held on May 29, 2015.Manglawar East and West have their own chairman and vice chairman.
Manglawar is a whole ward having its own local government, consisting of District Councilor and Tehsil Councilor.
According to Election Commission of Pakistan the following are the Cabinet for five years:
| S.No | Designation | Name |
| 1 | District Councilor Ward Manglawar | Sarwar Khan |
| 2 | Tehsil Councilor Ward Manglawar | Buneray Khan |
| 3 | Chairman VC Manglawar East | Hanifa Gul |
| 4 | Vice Chairman VC Manglawar East | Arshad Ali |
| 5 | Chairman VC Manglawar West | Iftikhar Khan |
| 6 | Vice Chairman VC Manglawar West | Barkat Ali |
Before this Nazim and Naib Nazim in 2002 were Malak Bakhtmand Khan and Haji Bakhtiar Khan.
Population
In 2017-18 the population of Manglawar was estimated at 37,147.Education
Educational institutes
Government sector
Total number of government boys' schools in Manglawar are: 47 Details of which are given below:| S.No | Category of schools | Number |
| 1 | Govt primary schools | 39 |
| 2 | Govt high schools | 3 |
| 3 | Govt maktab schools | 1 |
| 4 | Govt maktab primary schools | 4 |
| Total number of government boys' schools | 47 |
Sports
Residents of Manglawar take a keen interest in sports. Local games include Parpatonay, Amprakakay, Tekaan , Gwatai, Shengrii , Qat, Ludo, Ghal bacha, Peetogaram, Da Simano Elay, Chendakh, Parai, and Neenzaki. They also play football, cricket and badminton.Manglawar Ground
Manglawar has its own ground on the West side of Manglawar near Sangota and Excelsior College Swat, opposite to Pakistan State Oil Fuel Station, and beside Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital. In the playground, the youth of Manglawar plays after dawn time. The approximate Length of Manglawar Playground is 195 meters and width is 70 meters. There are football posts and goalposts. You can also play Cricket.Football teams
Manglawar currently has a number of football teams, which take part in Village-based and Inter District. They are:- Manglawar Eleven Football Club
- Prince Football club Manglawar
- Eleven star Manglawar
- Al sayed Salanda
Manglawar also had junior teams, including
- United Manglawar
- Young Man Manglor
- Eagle star FC
- Young 11 Manglor
- Shaghai FC Manglawar
- Intezar FC
Cricket teams
- Manglawar Eleven Cricket Club
- Manglawar Titans
- Skylark Manglawar
- Hunter Cricket Club Manglawar
- Manglawar Gladiator cricket club
- Manglawar Lions
Addresses
Post office
Manglawar Swat has BO which works under GPO Saidu Sharif.Postal Code
of Manglawar shaldar is 19201. While postal code of Saidu Sharif GPO is 19200.ZIP Code
of Swat is 19200. So Manglawar also has ZIP code 19200.Fame
Manglawar is famous for many things. Some of them are:- Manglawar is famous for, as it is having the second biggest rock carved Buddha Statue at Jahan Abad in Central Asia after Buddha of Bamiyan.
- Dwa Saro, the second highest mountain in Swat of approximately 10,000 feet from Sea level.
- Malka Swat, Queen of Swat, Shahida Bibi who was also the Sister of Malak Ahmad Baba was from here, also now she is buried in Dherai Manglawar.
- Sultan Awais Swati the last emperor of Kingdom of Swat was from Manglawar, the remains of the castle are still observable. He was from Swati tribe whose descendants are now living in Mansehra.
- Sultan Pakhal Swati founded Kingdom of Swat with capital as Manglawar.
- It is said that Mubaraka Yusufzai, the wife of Babur, was from Manglawar.
- Manglawar, the ancient capital of Kingdom of Swat/ Pakhal Sarkar.
- Tourist attraction to Waterfall in Shingrai.
- Fishes, Manglawar has a river where best variety of fishes having a mouth-watering taste, hunters came from far flung areas to quench their desire with the piquant taste.
- Furniture and woodworking handicrafts work is also famous made for the locally produced wood from the jungles of Manglawar.
- Cement rocks which is in Shingrai.
- Manglawar is site for the best Rabab players, and loke singer of Pashto music.
- For Education, as compared to Swat, Manglawar has more than educated people from other places.
- Cobbler's make shoes, which are famous for their beauty.
- Pul Shopar is a food, people from far areas used to enjoy it mostly on Friday. etc.
Former capital
Hospitals
Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital
Miangul Abdul Haq Jahanzeb Kidney Hospital is situated in Garai Kalay Manglawar Swat. It is a 110-bed hospital and was a Project of Punjab Hospitals Trust. It is spread over 32 Kanal at a cost of. According to officials, the hospital has 40-bed urology and 40-bed nephrology units that provide all sorts of services including free surgeries at three state-of-the-art operation theatres for renal diseases. They added that on average, 90 dialysis treatments were conducted at the facility which had also ICU and HDU to cope with seriously ill patients.Economy
Crops and fruits
The village climate is favorable for many crops and fruits. The village not only fulfills their own need but also supplies its product to other areas. Among these are Apricots, Palms, & Peach, Maize, Wheat, Rice, Vegetables are more common.Insurgency
During the insurgency period of Swat, the People of Manglawar suffered from the Terrorism of extremists. But compared to other parts of Swat, Manglawar suffered less. Because of the less involvement of people in such instances. When the Pakistani military agreed on doing an operation against terrorism, the people of Manglawar migrated from their homes to Peshawar, Mardan, Swabi, Nowshera, etc. First, they migrated on 25 October 2007 during the Operation Rah-e-Haq, and then on 16 May 2009 during operation Operation Rah-e-RastDuring these black days one of high-profile Miangul Asfandyar Amir Zeb was assassinated in Kass Manglawar on 28 December 2007 with six of his supporters including Malak Bakhtmand khan and Zahir Shah Khan.