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Hazara Division

Administrative division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hazara Division
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Hazara Division is an administrative division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located along the Indus River and comprises eight districts: Abbottabad, Mansehra, Haripur, Battagram, Upper Kohistan, Kolai-Palas, Lower Kohistan, Torghar and most recently created Allai District.

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Location

Hazara Division is bordered by Malakand and Mardan Divisions to the west, Rawalpindi Division (Punjab) and Islamabad Capital Territory to the south, Azad Kashmir to the east, and Gilgit-Baltistan to the north.[4]

History

On the dissolution of West Pakistan in 1970, Hazara District and the two tribal agencies were merged to form the new Hazara Division with its capital at Abbottabad. The division was initially composed of two districts (Abbottabad, and Mansehra) but within a few years, Haripur district was spun off from Abbottabad District and Batagram District was spun off from Mansehra District.

Hazara remained a district until its conversion into a division in 1976. In October 1976, Mansehra was given the status of a full-fledged district, which consisted of Mansehra and Batagram tehsils. Subsequently, in July 1991, Haripur Tehsil was separated from Abbottabad and made into a district. Thus only the old Tehsil of Abbottabad remained, which was declared as Abbottabad District.

In 2000, administrative divisions were abolished and the fourth-tier districts were raised to become the new third tier of government in Pakistan. At abolition it contained the 8 districts:[5]

Eventually, with all the administrative divisions being restored back in 2008, Hazara Division has returned.

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Demographics

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Population

According to the 2023 census, Hazara Division division had a population of 6,188,736[7] roughly equal to the nation of Bulgaria[8] or the US state of Missouri.[9]

Main ethnic groups

The main ethnic groups are:

Language

Languages of Hazara region (2023)[13]
  1. Hindko (56.0%)
  2. Pashto (20.7%)
  3. Kohistani (14.6%)
  4. Urdu (1.50%)
  5. Shina (1.11%)
  6. Others (6.50%)


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List of the Districts

Hazara Division contains the following districts:[21]

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List of the Tehsils

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Constituencies

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See also

References

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