Overview
Swabi is the district capital. Shewa Adda is the largest city and trading area of the district. Tordher is the second leading trading city, after Swabi. Tordher has a population of nearly 50,000, 18 primary schools and three high schools.
Tobacco is a cash crop of Swabi, along with vegetables, wheat, sugar cane and maize. Its climate is well suited for citrus fruits in particular, but many other fruits like watermelon, peaches and apricots are also grown there.
A six lane motorway connecting Islamabad with Peshawar passes through Swabi District, with an access interchange at the village of Ambar.
On 1 January 2013, six female aid workers and a male doctor were killed by gunmen, believed to be Islamic militants, near Ambar. An eighth victim, the driver of the vehicle in which they were travelling, was injured, but survived. The victims, teachers and health workers, were employed by a non-governmental organization, Support with Working Solutions, which operates a school and dispensary in the district, and some had been helping to vaccinate children against poliomyelitis. The attack, in which their vehicle was stopped and sprayed with bullets, followed a number of attacks across Pakistan, targeted against teams involved in public health campaigns. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan had repeatedly threatened to attack health workers, claiming that immunisation campaigns were part of a western plot to spy, make Muslims infertile, or harm the community.
Naranji a traditional village situated at border of Bunir & Mardan approximately 16 Km away from Shiva adaa. Travelling from Mardan to swabi, whilepasses throughAdeena bridge, just cross Kalu khan Kalay and take left from the main market of Shiva adaa to reach Naranji. It has a nearby population of 10,000 containing UC Naranji and most of them belong to "Yousafzai" tribe the others are called kaka khill Miangaan and around 60 villages are belong to jadoon. Geographically, it is situated in the middle of mountains having only one exit to go through by road.
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