Topi is a town in Swabi District

Swabi District

Swabi District is the fourth most populous district of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. The residents are referred to as Swabva'l. The Mandanr Yusufzai subsection of the Yousafzai clan of the Pashtuns form a majority of the population.-...

 of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

. The town, located in the east of the district, is administratively subdivided into two Union councils

Union Councils of Pakistan

A sherwan or village council in Pakistan is an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a nazim and a naib nazim...

: Topi East and Topi West.

Geography

Topi is located west of the Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam

Tarbela Dam on the Indus River in Pakistan is the second largest dam in the world by structural volume. It is located in Haripur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, about northwest of Islamabad.The dam is high above the riverbed. The dam forms the Tarbela Reservoir, with a surface area of approximately...

, the world's largest earth filled dam. Tarbela Dam is the largest hydroelectric generation project in Pakistan, producing 3,495 megawatts of electricity accounting for 40 percent of the Water and Power Development Authority's total power output as of 1980.

Subdivision and politics

Topi is split between two union councils, Topi (East) and Topi (West). Topi is further divided into Alizai, Akazai and Kanazai. Alizai comprises Mohallah Booba Khel, Botakha, Punj Pao, Ismail Khel and Suma Khel. Akazai comprises Mohallah Urr Ibrahim, Khadar Khan Khel, Painda Khel, Sabi Khel, Pir Azghi and Niki Khel. Kanazi comprises Mohallah Musa Khel,which split into two Cham (Dobyano Cham and Mero Cham), Bara Khel, Sana Khel,Ghulam Khel,Muhammad Khan Khel and Mattona.

Education sector

The town of Topi is home of the Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology

-See also:* List of universities in Pakistan* GIKI clock tower* Project topi-External links:* * * * *...

 (GIKI), named after Ghulam Ishaq Khan

Ghulam Ishaq Khan

Ghulam Ishaq Khan , abbreviated as GIK, was the seventh President of Pakistan from August 17, 1988 until July 18, 1993 and a career statesman from the start to the end of cold war...

, a former President of Pakistan. There is a Government High School for boys and one Higher Secondary School for girls. There are also several private schools, such as Tameer e Millat Public School, Sublime Public School, Moonlight School and College, Awan Public School, Sarhad Public School, Utman Public School, and Shaheen Public School.

Sports

Makha

Makha

Makha is the traditional Pashtun archery sport played in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.The game is played with a long arrow and a long bow . The arrow has a saucer shaped metallic plate at its distal end...

 is the traditional game of Swabi. Makha is a shooting game using a bow and arrow. The arrow has a flat dish-shaped head. Different villages compete against each other.

Notable residents

Topi is the birthplace of Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan

Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum Khan

Nawab Sir Sahibzada Abdul Qayyum , hailing from Topi, Swabi District, British India, was a distinguished educationist and politician from a notable family...

, a pioneer of modern education in the Province. He founded and donated the land for Islamia College Peshawar in 1913 and Government High School Topi in 1935.