Miandam

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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Miandam

| image_skyline = Miandam Swat.JPG

| image_caption = Miandam, Swat Valley

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Pakistan

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

| subdivision_type2 = District

| subdivision_name2 = Swat District

}}

File:Miandam Swat Sub-valley.JPG

Miandam is a hill station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the foothills of Hindu Kush mountains.{{cite news| work=New York Times| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DEEDE163EF934A15751C1A96E948260| title=TV and Saudis Open Remote Bit of Pakistan| author=Barbara Crossette| date=1988-12-27}} It is located at a distance of 55 km away from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and {{convert|56|km|mi|sp=us}} from Saidu Sharif.[http://www.maplandia.com/pakistan/n-w-f-p/swat/miandam/ Miandam at Maplandia]

Miandam is enriched in medicinal plants, owing to which the town is the site of a World Wide Fund for Nature project promoting sustainable harvesting of medicinal plants, and now about 1,000 people are dependent on the medicinal plant trade for their entire income.[http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-pakistan-Miandam.htm Miandam at Plantlife International] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080410025140/http://www.plantlife.org.uk/international/plantlife-med-plants-projects-allachy-pakistan-Miandam.htm |date=10 April 2008 }} The primary economy of the region is based on tourism and agriculture. While agriculture is mostly centered on corn and potatoes, As of 1988, its population was 3,000; but it is now estimated to be 20,000, including neighboring hamlets.