Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Districts in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are administrative divisions of the province in which their boundaries are drawn. The province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is divided into 26 districts.Peshawar is the Provincial capital and largest city of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]. The northern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e districts of Malakand division and Hazara division are situated in hilly areas and their geography is similar to Azad Kashmir or Gilgit-Baltistan.As one moves further away from the foothills of the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges, the climate changes from the humid subtropical climate of the foothills to the typically arid climate of Sindh, Balochistan and south Punjab.

List

Map Sr. No. District Headquarters Area (km²) Population (1998) Density (people/km²)
1 Abbottabad Abbottabad 1,967 880,666 448
2 Bannu Bannu 1,227 675,667 551
3 Battagram Battagram 1,301 307,278 236
4 Buner Daggar 1,865 506,048 271
5 Charsadda Charsadda 996 1,022,364 1,026
6 Chitral Chitral 14,850 318,689 21
7 Dera Ismail Khan Dera Ismail Khan 7,326 852,995 116
8 Hangu Hangu 1,597 614,529 385
9 Haripur Haripur 1,725 692,228 401
10 Karak Karak 3,372 430,796 128
11 Kohat Kohat 2,545 562,644 221
12 Upper Kohistan Dassu 7,492 472,570 63
13 Lakki Marwat Lakki Marwat 3,164 490,025 155
14 Lower Dir Timergara 1,582 717,649 454
15 Malakand Batkhela 952 452,291 475
16 Mansehra Mansehra 4,579 1,152,839 252
17 Mardan Mardan 1,632 1,460,100 895
18 Nowshera Nowshera 1,748 874,373 500
19 Peshawar Peshawar 1,257 2,019,118 1,606
20 Shangla Alpuri 1,586 434,563 274
21 Swabi Swabi 1,543 1,026,804 665
22 Swat Saidu Sharif 5,337 1,257,602 290
23 Tank Tank 1,679 238,216 142
24 Upper Dir Dir 3,699 575,858 156
25 Tor Ghar Tor Ghar 497 185,000 372
26 Lower Kohistan Pattan 7,492 472,570 63

Note: In this map the Upper and Lower Kohistan District both are shown as one district on no.12 of map. Tor Ghar is shown with Manshera district on no. 16.

References

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