Mohmand District (, ) is a district in

Peshawar Division Peshawar Division is an administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. It was abolished in the reforms of 2000, like all divisions, but reinstated in 2008. At independence in 1947, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (then North-West Fron ...

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province in

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. Until 2018, it was an agency of

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, with merger of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, it became a district. It was created as an agency in 1951. Mohmand is bordered by

Bajaur District Bajaur District (, ), formerly Bajaur Agency, is a district in the Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan. Prior to 2018, Bajaur Agency was the northernmost component of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), a semi-a ...

to the north,

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to the south, Malakand and

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to the southeast. Mr. Muhammad Yasir Hassan ( PMS) is the current Deputy Commissioner of Mohmand District.

Administration

Mohmand District is currently subdivided into seven

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Provincial Assembly

Demographics

As of the 2023 census, Mohmand district has 63,973 households and a population of 553,933. The district has a sex ratio of 103.24 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 31.28%: 46.85% for males and 15.10% for females. 191,753 (34.62% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. The entire population lives in rural areas. 1,592 (0.29%) people in the district were from religious minorities, mainly Christians.

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was the predominant language, spoken by 99.80% of the population.

War on Terror

Despite its attraction for tourists, Mohmand District has been an area of conflict between Pakistan Army and some militant groups. On September 16, 2011, security forces cleared ninety percent of Mohmand District from the militants, normal life was restored and development activities were launched. In 2012, the Pakistani Army declared full control of Mohmand District and de-notified it as a conflict zone and transferred its control to the

Frontier Corps The Frontier Corps (, reporting name: FC) are a group of four paramilitary forces of Pakistan, operating in the provinces of Balochistan (Pakistan), Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, to maintain law and order while overseeing the country's b ...

. However, terrorists continue to pose a threat to the peace by launching scattered terrorist attacks across from the Pakistan–Afghanistan border.

2020 Marble Mine Incident

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a marble mine collapsed and killed at least 19 people and more than 20 people were also injured.

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