Tank ( ps, ټانک / ټاک; ur, ; skr, ) is the capital city of

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 ...

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, ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. The city is located northwest of Dera Ismail Khan, and southeast of Jandola, Tank Subdivision (formerly known as "Frontier Region Tank"). Lakki Marwat and Bannu lies to the northeast while South Waziristan lies to the west.

Climate

The climate in Tank is referred to as a local

steppe climate A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type. It is located on regions that receive precipitation below potential evapotranspiration, but not as low as a desert climate. There are different kinds of semi ...

. There is little rainfall throughout the year. This location is classified as BSh by Köppen and Geiger. The average annual temperature in Tank is 24.1 °C , 75.4 °F. The annual rainfall is 539 mm , 21.2 inch. The temperatures are highest on average in June, at around 34.5 °C , 94.2 °F. The lowest average temperatures in the year occur in January, when it is around 11.9 °C , 53.4 °F.

Language

Pashto Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

and Saraiki (locally called ''Hindkou'') are the two languages spoken in Tank. The vast majority of people are conversant in the

Pashto language Pashto (,; , ) is an Eastern Iranian language in the Indo-European language family. It is known in historical Persian literature as Afghani (). Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languag ...

as majority of the population consists of Pakhtun or Pashtun tribes. English is also understood by the educated.

Location

It is at 32º13' N. and 70º32' ETank Town - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 23, p. 245.
/ref> and is to the northwest of the Indus River and close to the Takht-i-Sulaiman Range.

Localities

The city was previously inside a fort. Here Sir Henry Durand, lieutenant-governor of the

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising ...

, was killed in 1870 when passing on an

elephant Elephants are the largest existing land animals. Three living species are currently recognised: the African bush elephant, the African forest elephant, and the Asian elephant. They are the only surviving members of the family Elephantidae ...

under a gateway.

References

{{Reflist Populated places in Tank District Cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa