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Bannu District (Pashto: بنو ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع بنوں) is a district in Bannu Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It was recorded as a district in 1861 during the British Raj.[2]^: 3 It is one of 26 districts that make up the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It borders North Waziristan to the northwest, Karak to the northeast, Lakki Marwat and Bettani to the southeast, and South Waziristan to the southwest. It is represented in the provincial assembly by four MPAs.[3][2]^: 3–16

This article possibly contains original research. (February 2017)

District Bannu ضلع بنوں
District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Mound at Akra
Bannu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Division	Bannu
Headquarters	Bannu
Government
• Type	District Administration
• Deputy Commissioner	Mohammad Khan Bangash
• District Police Officer	N/A
• District Health Officer	N/A
Area
• Total	1,972 km2 (761 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	1,210,183
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Urban	49,948
• Rural	1,160,235
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
Number of Tehsils	4
Website	bannu.kp.gov.pk

The major industries of Bannu are cloth weaving, sugar mills and the manufacturing of cotton fabrics, machinery and equipment. It is known for its weekly Jumma fair. The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram and Gambila (or Tochi) rivers, which originate in the hills of Waziristan. Although Bannu is surrounded by rugged and dry mountains, it is a fertile place, and early English visitors had been known to refer to it as a "paradise" – see the description by Edwardes quoted by Thornton.[2]^: 6–7

Physical features

The district forms a basin drained by the Kurram River , Gambila River and Tochi river[4]^: 392 which originate in the hills of Waziristan. The Bannu Valley proper stretches to the foot of the frontier hills, forming an irregular oval, measuring 60 miles (97 km) from north to south and 40 miles (64 km) from east to west.[5]

History

The history of Bannu goes back to prehistoric times, due to its strategic location. Sheri Khan Tarakai is an ancient settlement site located in the Bannu District with ruins of the oldest known village settlement in the Bannu region, which was occupied from the late fifth until the early third millennium BC.[6]

The sacred texts of Zend Avesta and Vendidad mentions Varəna, the Avestan predecessor of the name for Bannu, as one of the sixteen most beautiful and perfect lands created by Ahura Mazda.[7] Bannu is the homeland and birthplace of Fereydun;[8]^: 47–50

British era (1861–1947)

After the British annexation of Punjab, then including parts of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), the valley was administered by Herbert Edwardes.[5] As a result of his administration, the region became a source of strong support^{[clarification needed]}, during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Although the valley itself was peaceful, it was subject to incursions from the Waziri tribes of the Tochi Valley and the neighbouring hills. The primary export of the region was wheat, Salt and alum were also quarried at Kalabagh.[5]

As of 1911, the Indus had no bridges within the district, but was navigable for local boats throughout its course of 76 mi (122 km).[5]

Bannu Jirga (1947)

On 21 June 1947 in Bannu, a jirga was held by Pashtun leaders including Bacha Khan, his brother Chief Minister Dr Khan Sahib, the Khudai Khidmatgars, members of the Provincial Assembly, Mirzali Khan (Faqir of Ipi), and other tribal chiefs, just seven weeks before the Partition of India. The jirga declared the Bannu Resolution, which demanded that the Pashtuns be given a choice to have an independent state of Pashtunistan composing all Pashtun territories of British India, instead of being made to join either India or Pakistan. However, the British Raj refused to comply with the demand of this resolution, in response to which the Khudai Khidmatgars boycotted the 1947 North-West Frontier Province referendum for merging the province into Pakistan.[9][10]

Pashtun National Jirga (2022)

On 11-14 March 2022, the Pashtun National Jirga was held at Mirakhel in Bannu District in order to defend the rights of the Pashtun people in the country. The critical issues which were faced by the Pashtuns were discussed during the jirga in a bid to suggest solutions to them.[11][12]

Administrative subdivisions

Bannu District is divided into 5 Tehsils and 49 union councils.[13][14]

• Bannu Tehsil
• Domel Tehsil
• Miryan Tehsil
• Bakakhel Tehsil
• Kakki Tehsil

Provincial and National Assembly Seats

The district has 4 Provincial Seats in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Assembly[15] while it has 1 seat in National Assembly.[16]

National Assembly

• NA-35 (Bannu)

Election		Member	Party
	2002	Maulana Syed Nasib Ali Shah	MMA
	2008	Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman	MMA
	2013	Akram Khan Durrani	JUI (F)
	2018	Imran Khan	PTI
	2018 (by-election)	Zahid Akram Durrani	JUI (F)

Provincial Assembly

Member of Provincial Assembly	Party Affiliation		Constituency	Year
Sher Azam Khan		Pakistan Peoples Party Parliamentarians	Bannu-I	2018
Pakhtoon Yar Khan		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Bannu-II	2018
Shah Muhammad Khan		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf	Bannu-III	2018
Akram Khan Durrani		Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)	Bannu-IV	2018

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1972	392,468	—
1981	485,240	+2.39%
1998	695,260	+2.14%
2017	1,210,183	+2.96%
Sources:[17]

At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 1,210,183, of which 614,911 were males and 595,248 females. Rural population was 1,160,235 (95.87%) while the urban population was 49,948 (4.13%). The literacy rate was 46.55% - the male literacy rate was 66.84% while the female literacy rate was 26.26%. Pashto was the predominant language, spoken by 98.20% of the population.[1]

Religion

Religion in Bannu District (1941 vs 2017)

Religion	Population (1941)[18]: 22	Percentage (1941)	Population (2017)[1]	Percentage (2017)
Islam	257,648	87.06%	1,208,054	99.82%
Hinduism	31,471	10.63%	275	0.02%
Sikhism	6,112	2.07%	--	--
Christianity	699	0.24%	1,494	0.12%
Total Population	295,930	100%	1,210,183	100%

Universities in Bannu

District Bannu has two Universities with one i.e University of Science & Technology, Bannu (USTB),[19] founded in 2005 by Mr. Akram Khan Durrani, the then Chief Minister, has a full degree awarding status and another one as a campus of the University of Engineering & Technology (UET), Peshawar. USTB offers a wide variety of courses in Science, Engineering and Arts subjects at Bachelors, Master and PhD level. These universities host students from District Bannu, the neighboring districts of Lakki Marwat, Karak, Waziristan as well as from all over Pakistan.

See also

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

References

External links

• "History and Settlement of Bannu, Excerpts from Gazetteer of the Bannu District, 1887", Khyber.org
• Website about Bannu

На других языках

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[de] Bannu (Distrikt)

Der Distrikt Bannu ist ein Verwaltungsdistrikt in Pakistan in der Provinz Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Sitz der Distriktverwaltung ist die gleichnamige Stadt Bannu.

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- [en] Bannu District

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[ru] Банну (округ)

Банну (урду ضلع بنوں‎, англ. Bannu District) — один из 24 округов пакистанской провинции Хайбер-Пахтунхва.

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