Behrain - Swat Valley, Khyber-Pakthunkhwa, Pakistan

Swat (pronounced [ˈsʋaːt̪], (Pashto:سوات, Urdu: سوات‎) is a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It is the upper valley of the Swat River, which rises in the Hindu Kush range. The capital of Swat is Saidu Sharif, but the main town in the Swat valley is Mingora.

It was a princely state (see Swat (princely state)) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa until it was dissolved in 1969. The valley is almost entirely populated by ethnic Pashtun Awankhel. The predominant language spoken in the valley is Pashto, while minor languages include Torwali and Kalami in Swat Kohistan.