English: Shangla District (Urdu: ضلع شانگه) is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district headquarters are located at Alpuri.[1] It was previously a subdivision of Swat District, but was upgraded to the status of a district on July 10, 1995[2] by the then Chief Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao. The total area of the district is 1,586 square kilometres.[2] Shangla comprises two sub division, Alpuri and Puran Tehsil.[1] There are four (4) sub tehsils i.e. Besham, Chakesar, Martung and Makhuzai. Shangla has the lowest Human Development Index in the province and second lowest in the country