Miandam is a hill station in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, in the foothills of Hindu Kush mountains. It is located at a distance of 55 km away from Mingora the capital of Swat Valley, and from Saidu Sharif. 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. 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. See also Marghazar - Swat Valley Malam Jabba -Swat Valley Gabina Jabba - Swat Valley Madyan - Swat Valley Behrain - Swat Valley Kalam -Swat Valley Utror - Kalam Valley Usho - Swat Valley Gabral -Kalam Valley References Hill stations in Pakistan Tourist attractions in Swat