Swabi (district)

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Swabi District
State : Pakistan Pakistan
Province : Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Seat : Swabi
Coordinates : 34 ° 7 '  N , 72 ° 28'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 7 '0 "  N , 72 ° 28' 0"  E
Area : 1 543  km²
 
Residents : 1,624,616 (2017)
Population density : 1,053 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : PST ( UTC + 5 )
Map of Pakistan, location of Swabi district highlighted

The district Swabi is an administrative district in Pakistan in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa . The seat of the district administration is the city of the same name Swabi .

The district has an area of ​​1543 km² and according to the 2017 census 1,624,616 inhabitants. The population density is 1053 inhabitants / km².

geography

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

history

The district was created in 1988 from parts of Mardan .

Demographics

Between 1998 and 2017 the population grew by 2.44% annually. Around 17% of the population live in urban regions and around 83% in rural regions. 815,526 men, 809,047 women and 43 transgender people live in 214,209 households , resulting in a gender ratio of 100.8 men per 100 women, which is a common surplus for Pakistan.

The literacy rate in the years 2014/15 among the population over 10 years of age was 49% (women: 34%, men: 65%) and thus below the average of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of 53%.

year population
1972 507.631
1981 625.035
1998 1,026,804
2017 1,624,616

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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 .