Buner District ( ps, بونیر ولسوالۍ, ur, ) is a

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in Malakand Division of

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

province in Pakistan. Before becoming a district in 1991, it was a

tehsil A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

within Swat District.

History

The Buner Valley lies between

Swabi Swabi ( ps, صوابۍ; ur, ) is a city in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan,Swat In the United States, a SWAT team (special weapons and tactics, originally special weapons assault team) is a police tactical unit that uses specialized or military equipment and tactics. Although they were first created in the 1960s to ...

on the North. It is a mountain valley, dotted with villages and divided into four sub-divisions. The

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and the Ilam range divide it from the Swat Valley, the Sinawar range from Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Mardan Valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley. During the 1580s, many Yusufzais and Mandanrs rebelled against the

Mughal Empire The Mughal Empire was an early-modern empire that controlled much of South Asia between the 16th and 19th centuries. Quote: "Although the first two Timurid emperors and many of their noblemen were recent migrants to the subcontinent, the d ...

. In late 1585, Mughal Emperor

Akbar Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (25 October 1542 – 27 October 1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great ( fa, ), and also as Akbar I (), was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Hum ...

sent military forces under

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and Birbal to crush the rebellion. In February 1586, about 8,000 Mughal soldiers, including Birbal, were killed near the

Karakar Pass Karakar Pass ( ps, کړاکړ دره; el. 1336 m./4384 ft.) is a mountain pass in the Hindu Kush, connecting Swat and Buner in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. From the top of the pass, one can view Buner Valley. It was at this pass in Februa ...

by the Yusufzai lashkar, led by Kalu Khan. This was the greatest disaster faced by the

Mughal Army The Army of the Mughal Empire was the force by which the Mughal emperors established their empire in the 15th century and expanded it to its greatest extent at the beginning of the 18th century. Although its origins, like the Mughals themselves, ...

during Akbar's reign. During the 19th century, the inhabitants of Buner rose twice against the

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. In April 2009, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan seized control of Buner, after a brief battle with local residents. Strict rules were reportedly being enforced, including the elimination of video stores, bans on cutting beards, and the prevention of women from appearing in many public places. On 29 April the government responded to the Taliban by sending the army to the region and dropping parachutists by helicopter. By the end of May 2009, almost all of Buner was cleared of the Taliban. *

Elum Ghar Elum Ghar, also known as Mount Ilam is a mountain located between the Swat and Buner districts of Pakistan. Elum Ghar is the highest peak in the region, and is snow-covered most of the year. It is located west of Pir Baba's shrine in the Buner ...

Demographics

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 895,460, of which 445,872 were males and 449,555 females. The entire population was rural. The literacy rate was 46.84% - the male literacy rate was 65.10% while the female literacy rate was 29.40%. 1,402 people in the district were from religious minorities.

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was the predominant language, spoken by 97.56% of the population.

Administration

Buner Tehsils

Buner District is currently subdivided into 6

Tehsils A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluka, or taluk) is a local unit of administrative division in some countries of South Asia. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administr ...

. # Daggar # Gagra # Khudu Khel # Mandanr # Chagharzai # Gadezai/Salarzai

National assembly

This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-28.

Provincial assembly

The district has three constituencies in the

Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa The Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is a unicameral legislature of elected representatives of the Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in Peshawar, the provincial capital. It was established under Article 106 of t ...

Constituencies and MPAs – Website of the Provincial Assembly of the NWFP
and one in the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

Educational establishments

University of Buner The University of Buner ( ur, ; ps, د بونیر پوهنتون) is a public university located in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Overview and history University of Buner was approved by the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in November ...

* Government College Daggar, Buner * Government Girls Degree College Daggar * Government Degree College Jowar, Buner

Largest villages

Torwarsak The Torwarsak area of Pakistan is an "administrative unit", known as the Union council of Buner District, located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. District Buner has six Tehsils, usually translated as townships. These are Dagg ...

is the most populated Town in Buner which had population about 35,165 in 2018. Torwarsak village Beautiful view

* Totalai is the 2nd populated town with population about 24,562 in 2018. * Rega is on 3rd populated town with population about 23,726 in 2018. * Ellai is 4th with population about 23,678 in 2018.

Sadaat villages

* Takhtaband * Nawagai * Sunigram * Malka * Daggar kalay * Bajkata, pakistan Daggar * بامپوخہ

References

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