Haripur (District)

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Haripur District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Haripur
Coordinates : 33 ° 44 '  N , 72 ° 35'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 44 '0 "  N , 72 ° 35' 0"  E
Area : 1 725  km²
 
Residents : 1,003,031 (2017)
Population density : 581 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, position of Haripur district highlighted

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

The district has an area of ​​1725 km² and according to the census of 2017 1,003,031 inhabitants. The population density is 581 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the northeast of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which is located in the north of Pakistan and borders on the capital city of Islamabad .

history

The district was created in 1991 from parts of Abbottabad .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 1.97% annually. Around 7% of the population live in urban regions and around 93% in rural regions. 498,481 men, 504,483 women and 67 transgender people live in 163,490 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 98.8 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 69% (women: 59%, men: 81%) and thus well above the average for the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 417,561
1981 479.031
1998 692.228
2017 1.003.031

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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 .