Kaniguram

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Kaniguram کانیگورم کانیګورم‎
Town
Kaniguram
Coordinates: 32°31′N 69°47′E / 32.517°N 69.783°E / 32.517; 69.783
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
District	South Waziristan
Tehsil	Ladha Tehsil
Elevation	2,044 m (6,706 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	13,809
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)

Kānīgūram (Pashto: کانيګورم) is a town in the South Waziristan region of Pakistan. Kaniguram's population mainly consists of the Ormur or Burki tribes of Pashtuns. It is also the hometown of the sixteenth-century Pashtun revolutionary leader and warrior-poet Bayazid Pir Roshan, who wrote the first known book of Pashto language.

According to the 2017 Census, Kaniguram has population of 13,809.^[1]

Today the locals in this town speak the Ormuri as well as the Waziristani (Maseedwola) dialect of Pashto.