| Hangu District Angu |
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| — District — | |
| Location of Hangu District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa map | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Capital | Hangu |
| Established | |
| Government | |
| • District Nazim | |
| • District Naib Nazim | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,097 km2 (423.6 sq mi) |
| Population (1998) | |
| • Total | 314,529 |
| • Density | 287/km2 (743.3/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PST (UTC+5) |
| District Council | |
Hangu is a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district takes its name from the town of Hangu. The name Hangu may also sometimes be applied to the Miranzai Valley which is partly within the district, bordering the Samana Range.
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Hangu was separated from the district of Kohat on June 30, 1996. Its area starts from a village named Khawaja Khizer (Jawzara), which is the boundary between Kohat and Hangu Districts.
The district comprises two constituencies for the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:[1] The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) has an overwhelming majority here. NA9 and now NA16 have been the stronghold of the party. Maulvi Naimatullah, Syed Ifthikhar Hussain Gilani and Javed Ibrahim Piracha have won consecutively since 1985. In the 2002 elections, PML-N did not run a candidate, but in 2008 Dr Farooq Bangash, the PML-N NA16 Candidate, was forced to surrender by the party leadership to ANP Syed Haider Ali Shah, who won marginally from Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). In the provincial assembly, PML-N has never showed any significant role.
| Constituency | MPA | Party |
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| PF-42 (Hangu-1) | Attiqur Rehman | Pakistan Peoples Party (Sherpao) |
| PF-43 (Hangu-2) | Mufti Syed Janan | MMA |
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