Mardan
Mardan
(mərdän`), city (1998 pop. 244,511), N Pakistan, on the Kalagarmi River. It is the site of a military cantonment and of a fort built (1854) by the British. An industrial center, it manufactures textiles, cigarettes, vegetable oil, and refined sugar.Mardan
a city in Pakistan in the North-West Frontier Province; population, 125,000 (1971). Mardan is located in the Peshawar Valley, an important agricultural region of the country (mainly wheat and sugarcane). It has a railroad station. A large sugar refinery is located there, and hand weaving is done.