Lower Kohistan District (Pashto: لر / کوز کوہستان ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع لوئر کوہستان) is a district in Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan.[2][3][4][5] The district headquarters of Lower Kohistan is Pattan.[6]
Lower Kohistan District
ضلع لوئر کوہستان | |
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District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
View of Pattan Valley | |
Location in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | |
| Province | |
| Division | Hazara |
| Established | 2014 |
| Headquarters | Pattan |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 202,913 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
| languages | Kohistani, Hindko & Urdu |
| Website | lowerkohistan |
In 2014, the provincial government bifurcated the Kohistan District into Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan district. At that time, Lower Kohistan comprised two tehsils, Palas and Pattan.[7] In 2017, the tehsil of Palas was made a separate district and named as Kolai-Palas,[8] while on 31 May 2018, Ranovali Pinkhad previously part of Pattan tehsil was made separate tehsil.[9]
At the time of the 2017 census the district had a population of 202,502, of which 108,765 were males and 93,737 females. The entire population was rural. 8 people in the district were from religious minorities.[10]
83.77% of the population belongs to Dardic peoples speaking one of the many Kohistani languages as their first language. 15.63% were Pashto speakers.[10]
Lower Kohistan comprises two Tehsils:[9]
| Member of Provincial Assembly | Party Affiliation | Constituency | Year |
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| Abdul Ghafar | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf | PK-26 Kohistan Lower | 2018 |
Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | ||
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Provincial capital: Peshawar | ||
| Abaseen |
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| Bannu | ||
| Dera Ismail Khan | ||
| Hazara |
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| Kohat | ||
| Malakand | ||
| Mardan |
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| Peshawar | ||
Administrative divisions of Kohistan District | ||
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