Kotanai Khwazakhela (Urdu: کوٹنئ, Pashto: کوٹنی) is an administrative unit, known as Union council, of Swat District in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. District Swat has 9 Tehsils i.e. Khwazakhela, Kabal, Madyan, Barikot, Mingora, and Kalam. Each Tehsill comprises certain numbers of union councils. There are 65 union councils in district Swat, 56 rural and 09 urban.
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The Famous Pakhtoon tribe in Kotanai is Mandokhel, Head of the Tribe is Masam khan Malak, Pirjan Khan malak, Pirdad khan Malak,Kakoty Malak, Shahjahan Malak.
later on Mahbat khan, Muhammad ayub khan, Yaqoob Khan, Qayum khan, Muhammd Naeem khan, Gulalam khan,Dawar khan
Famous personality Khursheed khan( DIG Swat)
Ex Nazim Amanullah khan, Engineer Azaz Ali Shah Khan ( Founder of SmartBuild Construction), Sohail Asghar khan (Media)