Ayun | |
Native Name Lang: | ur |
Other Name: | ایون |
Nickname: | Heart of Chitral |
Settlement Type: | Union Council |
Pushpin Map: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan |
Pushpin Label Position: | Location of Pakistan |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Pakistan |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Lower Chitral District |
Area Total Km2: | 570 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 1400 |
Population Total: | 28182 |
Population As Of: | 2018 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Urdu |
Demographics1 Title2: | Native |
Demographics1 Info2: | Khowar |
Timezone1: | PST |
Utc Offset1: | +5 |
Postal Code: | 17210[3] |
Area Code: | 0943 |
Ayun (Khowar: Oyon, Urdu: ایون) Is a administrative unit, known as Union Council and Town in Lower Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, 12 km south of the city of Chitral. It is located on the Chitral River at its confluence with the Bumburet River. Mountains surround the valley.[4] The Bumburet River runs the length of the village and its water is used for irrigation, drinking, and the generation of electricity for the Ayun valley.[5]
Ayun has an average elevation of 4500feet.
The valley shares its borders with Bumburet and Birir to the west, Broze to the east, Chitral to the north, and Gahirat to the south.[6]
The average annual temperature in Ayun is 26°C. Each year, there is an approximate 1209 mm | 47.6 inch of precipitation that occurs.[7]
Khowar is the main language of the Ayun. Bashgali is also spoken by a small population.[8]
Mehtarjao Sirbuland Khan, the ancestor of the Khaniye tribe of Ayun and Drosh.https://www.royalark.net/Pakistan/chitral3.htmMohayat Lal, the great grandson of Mehtarjao Sirbuland Khan. He remained Hakim of Ayun before partition.