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Swabi District

District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Swabi District (Pashto: سوابۍ ولسوالۍ) is a district in the Mardan Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It lies between the Indus and Kabul Rivers. Before becoming a district in 1988, it was a tehsil within the Mardan District.[3] 96% of the population speaks Pashto as their first language.[4]

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The dominating tribe of Swabi is the Yusufzai, followed by the minor Utmankhel, Lodi, Tarakai, Jadoon and Khattak.[5][6]

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Demographics

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As of the 2023 census, Swabi district has 278,976 households and a population of 1,894,600. The district has a sex ratio of 102.51 males to 100 females and a literacy rate of 58.48%: 72.34% for males and 44.50% for females. 519,863 (27.50% of the surveyed population) are under 10 years of age. 339,670 (17.93%) live in urban areas.[1]

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Languages

Languages of Swabi district (2023)[11]
  1. Pashto (97.2%)
  2. Hindko (2.05%)
  3. Others (0.72%)

At the time of the 2023 census, 97.23% of the population spoke Pashto and 2.05% Hindko as their first language.[11]

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Education

Swabi District is now home to many excellent educational institutes. But there was no public sector university until 2012. The only degree awarding institution then was private sector Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology, which was inaugurated in 1993.[12] In 2012, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa established the first public sector university in Swabi, when it upgraded Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Swabi campus into full-flege University of Swabi[13][14] while Women University Swabi[15] was established in 2016. Swabi district also has a public sector medical college Gajju Khan Medical College Swabi,[16] which was established in 2014.[17]

The district also has 2 public sector Postgraduate degree colleges: Government Postgraduate College Swabi[18] and Govt Girls Post Graduate College Maneri Swabi.[19]

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Administration

Swabi District is currently subdivided into 4 Tehsils.[20]

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Newspaper in Swabi

Currently there are couple of newspaper publishing in Swabi under the supervision of the Swabi Group of Newspapers.

  • Swabi Times,[23] a weekly publishing newspaper in Urdu.
  • Swabi News, a daily publishing newspaper in Urdu.

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