Hangu District, Pakistan

Hangu (Pashto) is a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. The district takes its name from the town of Hangu, which is its administrative centre. The name Hangu may also sometimes be applied to the Miranzai Valley which is partly within the district, bordering the Samana Range.

Demography

The 1998 census counted a total population of 315,000.^[1]:17 The major first language is Pashto, spoken natively by 98.8% of the population.^[1]:22

History

Hangu District was created from part of Kohat on 30 June 1996. Its area starts from a village named Khawaja Khizer (Jawzara), which is the boundary between Kohat and Hangu Districts.

Administrative divisions

Hangu District is divided into two tehsils:

• Hangu
• Thall

Constituencies

The district comprises two constituencies for the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa:^[2] The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) has an overwhelming majority here. NA-9 and now NA-16 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 NA-16 Candidate, was forced to surrender by the party leadership to ANP Syed Haider Ali Shah, who won marginally from Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). Now the majority and whole control for PTI, In Local body election PTI also gain the main power, and there is still strong opposition of JUI.

Education

Various public and private school and colleges exists in district hangu. Hangu population is near by 0.8 million people and they demand for university in 2013.Agriculture University campus was to be built in Hangu City but still the project is in pending while funds is transfer to Charsada University during ANP government. Recently the government degree college hangu start BS Hons 4-year program under Kohat University of Science and Technology.

Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School (formerly Government High School Ibrahim Zai) is located in the district.^[3] Aitzaz Hasan was a student of this school who was killed in January 2014 while trying to prevent a suicide bomber from entering his school.

See also

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

References

Further reading

• Lou Johnson (2006–2008). "Photo 101101 - Train passes cultivated fields between Kohat at Hangu - Pakistan". Worldwide Photo Essays. Walking Britain. Retrieved 2009-01-11.