Charsadda District, Pakistan
Charsadda District (Pashto: چارسدې ولسوالۍ, Urdu: ضلع چارسدہ) is a district in the Peshawar Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Prior to its establishment as a separate district in 1998, it was a tehsil within the Peshawar District. Pashtuns make up the majority of the population of the district. The district headquarter is the town of Charsadda, which was once part of the Peshawar ex-metropolitan region.
Charsadda District
ضلع چارسدہ چارسدې ولسوالۍ | |
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District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
Charsadda District (red) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Division | Peshawar |
| Headquarters | Charsadda |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | Saad Hussain |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
| • Total | 996 km2 (385 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,610,960 |
| • Density | 1,600/km2 (4,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 270,204 |
| • Rural | 1,340,756 |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| Number of Tehsils | 3 |
| Website | charsadda |
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