Chitral is the name of a town, valley, river, district, and former princely state in the former Malakand Division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan.
Chitral Town, capital of the Chitral District, is situated on the west bank of the Chitral (or Kunar) River. The town is at the foot of Tirich Mir, the highest peak of the Hindu Kush, 7,708 m or 25,289 ft high.
Polo is a popular sport in Chitral and an annual polo festival between Gilgit and Chitral at the highest polo ground in the world, at the Shandur Pass.