Khyber (District)

Khyber
State :	Pakistan
Province :	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat :	Landi Kotal
Coordinates :	34 ° 6 '  N , 71 ° 9'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 5 '54 "  N , 71 ° 8' 53"  E
Area :	2 576  km²
Residents :	986,973 (2017)
Population density :	383 inhabitants per km²
Time zone :	PST ( UTC + 5 )

The Khyber District is an administrative district in Pakistan in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province . The seat of the district administration is the city of Landi Kotal .

The district has an area of ​​2576 km² and according to the 2017 census 986,973 inhabitants. The population density is 383 inhabitants / km².

geography

The district is located in the central part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which is located in northern Pakistan.

history

The militant Islamists of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan , Lashkar-e-Islam and Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi fled to what was then the Khyber Agency after the US-led war in Afghanistan in 2001. Due to the lack of strong governance in the region and the impassable, mountainous terrain, it became a hotbed of insurgents, and in 2007 over 90 percent of the Khyber Agency came under its control. After 2007, Islamists began attacking government and military facilities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, injuring and killing many people. The Pakistani army began an operation in 2008 to rid the region of Islamists and restore normal life to the region. The operation lasted years and resulted in the killing of hundreds of TTP militants and soldiers from the Pakistani Army. Eventually the activities of the militant Islamists could be rolled back.

From 1947 the area belonged to the tribal areas under federal administration . In 2018 the tribal areas were dissolved and Khyber became part of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province as a district.

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017, the population grew by 3.15% annually. Around 10% of the population live in urban regions and around 90% in rural regions. The gender ratio is 105 men per 100 women and thus results in a frequent male surplus for Pakistan. The Pashto language is predominantly spoken in the district. The Pashtun tribe of the Afridi make up the majority of the population.

year	population
1972	378.032
1981	284.256
1998	546.730
2017	986.973

economy

The livelihood for the majority of the population is agriculture, which is operated on a subsistence level.

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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. ↑ Dawn com | Amir Wasim: National Assembly green-lights Fata-KP merger by passing 'historic' bill. May 24, 2018, accessed May 15, 2020 .