What is "malakand"

Malakand may refer to:

• Malakand District, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, also known as Malakand Protected Area
• Malakand Agency, a tribal area in the North West Frontier Province before 1970
• Malakand Division, an administrative division between 1970 and 2000
• Malakand Pass, location of Malakand Fort
• University of Malakand

• SS Malakand, the name of two ships

Malakand is an administrative unit, known as Union council, of Malakand District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.

District Malakand has 2 Tehsils i.e. Swat Ranizai and Sam Ranizai. Each Tehsil comprises certain numbers of Union councils. There are 28 union councils in district Malakand.