Peshawar District

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Location of Peshawar District (highlighted in yellow) within the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
Location of Peshawar District (highlighted in yellow) within the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.

Peshawar is a district in the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan. Until divisions were abolished as part of local government reforms in 2000 it was part of Peshawar Division. The city of Peshawar, as well as being the provincial capital, is the capital of the district.

[edit] Administration

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by eleven elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: [1]

  • PF-1 (Peshawar-1)
  • PF-2 (Peshawar-2)
  • PF-3 (Peshawar-3)
  • PF-4 (Peshawar-4)
  • PF-5 (Peshawar-5)
  • PF-6 (Peshawar-6)
  • PF-7 (Peshawar-7)
  • PF-8 (Peshawar-8)
  • PF-9 (Peshawar-9)
  • PF-10 (Peshawar-10)
  • PF-11 (Peshawar-11)

The district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: [2]

[edit] References

Administrative Divisions of North-West Frontier Province Flag of Pakistan
Capital Peshawar
Districts Abbottabad | Bannu | Batagram | Buner | Charsadda | Chitral | Dera Ismail Khan | Hangu | Haripur | Karak | Kohat | Kohistan | Lakki Marwat | Lower Dir | Malakand | Mansehra | Mardan | Nowshera | Peshawar | Shangla District | Swabi | Swat | Tank | Upper Dir 

Coordinates: 34°00′N, 71°45′Een:Peshawar