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Divisions Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ( ur, ), are the first-order administrative bodies of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. In total, there are 7 divisions, which are further divided into districts ranging from two to nine per division, depending upon area. Divisions are governed by Commissioners while districts are governed by Deputy Commissioners. List of divisions In Pakistan, the division is the administrative unit which is higher in hierarchy than a district, but lower in hierarchy than a province. There are seven divisions in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, each of which have anywhere between two and nine districts. They are separated by color on the map above, and you can find a list of them below ordered by alphabetical order. See also * Divisions of Pakistan The Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces, capital territory and two autonomous territories of Pakistan are subdivided into 38 administrative "divisions", which are further subdivided into District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bannu District
Bannu District ( ps, بنو ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Bannu Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was recorded as a district in 1861 during the British Raj. It is one of 26 districts that make up the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It borders North Waziristan to the northwest, Karak to the northeast, Lakki Marwat and Bettani to the southeast, and South Waziristan to the southwest. It is represented in the provincial assembly by four MPAs. The major industries of Bannu are cloth weaving, sugar mills and the manufacturing of cotton fabrics, machinery and equipment. It is known for its weekly ''Jumma'' fair. The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram and Gambila (or Tochi) rivers, which originate in the hills of Waziristan. Although Bannu is surrounded by rugged and dry mountains, it is a fertile place, and early English visitors had been known to refer to it as a "paradise" – see the description by Edwardes quoted by Thornton. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haripur District
Haripur District ( ps, هریپور ولسوالۍ, ur, "The Town of Hari") is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The town of Haripur (meaning 'Hari's town') was founded in 1822 by Hari Singh Nalwa, the Commander-in-Chief of Ranjit Singh's army. Before becoming a district in 1991, Haripur had the status of a tehsil in Abbottabad District. Its headquarters is the city of Haripur. History Early history The region came under the influence of the Nanda Empire of ancient India from 300 BCE, and with the rise of Chandragupta Maurya, the region came under the complete control of the Mauryan Empire. Afterward, the region was briefly and nominally controlled by the Shunga Empire. However, with the decline of the Shungas, the region passed to local Hindu and Buddhist rulers, and interrupted by foreign rulers. Many of these foreign rulers, like the Indo-Parthians, Sakas, and Kushans converted to Hinduism and Buddhism, and promoted these Indian religi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batagram District
Battagram ( ps, بټګرام ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a district in Abaseen Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The headquarter is Battagram, which is about 75-km from Mansehra. Overview and history The district of Battagram is located at the latitude of 34.41 and longitude 73.1. It is surrounded by Kohistan District to the north, Mansehra District to the east, Kala Dhaka (now Torghar District) to the south and Shangla District to the west. It has a total land area of 1301 square kilometres. Battagram obtained the status of district in July 1993 when it was upgraded from a Tehsil and separated from Mansehra District. Demographics At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 476,749, of which 238,402 were males and 238,312 females. The entire population was rural. The literacy rate was 36.31% - the male literacy rate was 53.81% while the female literacy rate was 19.36%. 161 people in the district were from religious minorities. At th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abbottabad District
Abbottabad District () is a district of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is part of Hazara Division and covers an area of 1,969 km2, with the city of Abbottabad being the principal town. Neighbouring districts are Mansehra to the north, Muzaffarabad to the east, Haripur to the west, and Rawalpindi to the south. History Origin of name The district is named after Major James Abbott, the first deputy commissioner of Hazara (1849–1853).IUCN Pakistan (2004). Abbottabad – State of the environment and Development. IUCN Pakistan and Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa: Karachi, p. 2. Hazara During British rule Abbottabad became the capital of Hazara division, which was named after and contained the Hazara valley, a small valley in the outermost Himalayas, between the Indus in the west and Kashmir in the east. The current Abbottabad District was originally a tehsil of Hazara, the Imperial Gazetteer of India described it as follows: In 1976 the tehsils of Mansehra and Batta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hazara Division
Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, and Torghar. In December 2021, the Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mahmood Khan, approved the creation of a new Abaseen Division, which will include five districts of Hazara (Battagram, Torghar, Upper Kohistan, Lower Kohistan, and Kolai-Palas) and one district of Malakand (Shangla). After the creation of the new Abaseen Division, only the districts of Abbottabad, Haripur, and Mansehra would be part of the Hazara Division. Location Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north. History On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Dera, Dero, Daro, Dhoro, Dahar or Dehra is a word in several languages of South Asia, whose meaning is 'camp', 'mound' or 'settlement'. It appears in the names of a number of places. Geography India * Dera, Himachal Pradesh * Dera Bassi, Mohali district, Punjab * Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur district, Punjab * Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Amritsar district, Punjab * Dera Baba Murad Shah, Nakodar, Punjab * Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh, Una district, Himachal Pradesh * Dera Doon, capital of Uttarakhand * Dera Sach Khand Ballan, Jalandhar district, Punjab * Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa district, Haryana * Dera Sar, Jain temples in Gujarat and Rajasthan * Dera Kanjli, Kapurthala district, Punjab * Dera Gopipur, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh * Gola Dhoro, Kutch district, Gujarat * Kerala-no-dhoro, Saurashtra, Gujarat * Damajino Dero, Vadodara district, Gujarat Iran * Dera, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran * Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tank District
Tank District ( ps, ټانک ولسوالۍ, ur, '; skr, ') is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The city of Tank is the capital of the district, which consists of Union Council City I and Union Council City II. There are sixteen Union councils of district Tank. Until 1992 Tank was a tehsil within Dera Ismail Khan District. Tank is bounded by the districts of Lakki Marwat to the northeast, Dera Ismail Khan to the east and southeast, FR Tank to the north and the South Waziristan Agency to the west. The climate in Tank reaches 110–120 °F. However, in the cold, harsh winters in the mountains to the west, people come to Tank to enjoy a pleasant stay and then return during the summer. History Macedonian flight At the Battle of the Hydaspes (now the Beas River), fought between Alexander the Great's army and the Indian king Purushotthama (better known as Porus), the Macedonian army refused to go any further. It is said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower South Waziristan District
Lower South Waziristan District ( ur, ; ps, لر جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Lower South Waziristan District was created in April 2022 by bifurcation of the South Waziristan District.Wana as its capital. Total Population of the district is 307815 according to Census of 2017. Administration The district is divided into the following tehsils: *Wana * Shakai * Toi Khullah * Birmil See also * Upper South Waziristan District Upper South Waziristan District is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was created in 13 April 2022 by bifurcation of the South Waziristan District. with Spinkai Karzai as ... References South Waziristan Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-geo-stub 2022 establishments in Pakistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper South Waziristan District
Upper South Waziristan District is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Upper South Waziristan District was created in 13 April 2022 by bifurcation of the South Waziristan District. with Spinkai Karzai as its capital. Administration The district is divided into the following tehsils: * Makin Tehsil * Ladha Tehsil * Serwekai Tehsil * Tiarza Tehsil See also * Lower South Waziristan District Lower South Waziristan District ( ur, ; ps, لر جنوبي وزیرستان ولسوالۍ) is district located in Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The Lower South Waziristan District was created in April 2022 by bifurca ... References South Waziristan Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2022 establishments in Pakistan {{KhyberPakhtunkhwa-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dera Ismail Khan District
Dera Ismail Khan District ( ps, ډېره اسماعیل خان ولسوالي, bal, ڈیرہ عِسمائیل خان, ur, , skr, ; often abbreviated as D.I. Khan) is a district in Dera Ismail Khan Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The capital of the district is the town of Dera Ismail Khan. The district has an area of and a population of 1,627,132 as of the 2017 Census. Geography The district of Dera Ismail Khan is bounded on the east by the Bhakkar and Dera Ghazi Khan districts of Punjab. Eastern portions of the district along the Indus River are characterized by fertile alluvial plains, while lands farther from the river consist of clay soil cut by ravines from rainfall. The district is bounded on the southwest by a thin strip of the South Waziristan district, formerly of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which separates D.I Khan from the Takht-e-Sulaiman Mountain in the neighboring Baluchistan province. In the northwest is the Tank District. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dera Ismail Khan Division
Dera Ismail Khan Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It is the southernmost division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Location Dera Ismail Khan Division borders Bannu Division (also Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) in the north, Dera Ghazi Khan Division and Sargodha Division (both Punjab) in the south-east and east respectively, Zhob Division (Balochistan) province in the south, and Afghanistan in the west. History It was formed after the implementation of the One Unit Scheme in 1954, according to which the North-West Frontier Province was divided into Dera Ismail Khan and Peshawar Divisions reforms of 2000 abolished the third tier of government. Until the 1990s, it also contained Bannu Division. After the passing of the 25th Amendment in 2018, the South Waziristan Tribal Agency was added to the division. Districts It currently contains the following districts: * Dera Ismail Khan District * Tank District * Lower South Waziristan District *Upper Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
