Hangu (district)

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Hangu District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Hangu
Coordinates : 33 ° 31 '  N , 71 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 31 '0 "  N , 71 ° 3' 0"  E
Area : 1 097  km²
 
Residents : 518,798 (2017)
Population density : 473 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Hangu district highlighted

Hangu District is an administrative district in Pakistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Hangu .

The district has an area of ​​1097 km² and, according to the 2017 census, 518,798 inhabitants. The population density is 473 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the center of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is in the north of Pakistan.

history

The district was created in 1996 from parts of Kohat .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.66% annually. Around 20% of the population live in urban regions and around 80% in rural regions. 249,554 men, 269,237 women and 9 transgender people live in 48,270 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 92.7 men per 100 women and thus a rare surplus of women for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 43% (women: 17%, men: 71%) and thus below the average of 53% in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

year population
1972 125,721
1981 182,474
1998 314,529
2017 518,798

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017. August 29, 2017, accessed May 30, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Pakistani Districts wise Population Census 2017. Accessed May 30, 2019 .
  3. ^ Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (2016). Pakistan Social and Living Standards Measurement Survey 2014-15. Government of Pakistan, accessed June 29, 2019 .