Karak District
Karak District (Pashto: کرک ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع کرکⓘ) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. It is situated to the south of Kohat District and on the north side of Bannu and Lakki Marwat districts on the main Indus Highway between Peshawar and Karachi – it is 131 km from the provincial capital Peshawar. It gained a district status in 1982, prior to which it was part of Kohat District.: 1
Karak District
ضلع کرک کرک ولسوالۍ | |
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District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Landscape in Karak district | |
Karak District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Kohat |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Sharukh Ali Khan |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,234 km2 (476 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 705,362 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| languagea | Pashto & Urdu |
| Website | karak |
It is natively inhabited by the Khattak Pashtun tribe who make the majority of the population.
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