Hangu District, Pakistan

Hangu District (Pashto: هنګو ولسوالۍ‎, Urdu: ضِلع ہنگو‎) is a district in Kohat Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan. The district takes its name from the town of Hangu, which is its administrative centre. The name Hangu may also sometimes be applied to the Miranzai Valley which is partly within the district, bordering the Samana Range.

Hangu District
District
Miranzai Valley
Location of Hangu District (highlighted in red) within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa map
CountryPakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
HeadquartersHangu
Area
 • Total1,097 km2 (424 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total518,798
 • Density470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Demography

The 1998 census counted a total population of 315,000.[2]:17 The major first language is Pashto, spoken natively by 98.8% of the population.[2]:22

History

From 1540 to 1893 Hangu was ruled by the 2 Khans of Hangu, the Malak Khails and the Khans of Hangu, the Malak Khails were centrally located in Darsamand and Mammu.Nomads from Afghanistan would travel southwards during the winters however this is not possible after the 1970s due to stricter border controls. Hangu District was created from part of Kohat on 30 June 1996. Its area starts from a village named Khawaja Khizer (Jawzara), which is the boundary between Kohat and Hangu Districts.

Administrative divisions

Hangu District is divided into two tehsils:

Constituencies

The district comprises two constituencies for the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.[3] The Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) has an overwhelming majority here. NA-9 and now NA-16 have been the stronghold of the party. Maulvi Naimatullah, Syed Ifthikhar Hussain Gilani and Javed Ibrahim Piracha have won consecutively since 1985. In the 2002 elections, PML-N did not run a candidate, but in 2008, Dr. Farooq Bangash, the PML-N NA-16 Candidate, who technically could not contest elections being British Citizen, surrendered to ANP Syed Haider Ali Shah, who won marginally from Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA). Basically it was Bangash' strategy to ensure Pir Haider win. Now the majority and whole control for PTI, In Local body election PTI also gain the main power, and there is still strong opposition of JUI.

National Assembly

This district is represented by one elected MNA (Member of National Assembly) in Pakistan National Assembly. Its constituency is NA-16.[4] Since 2002: NA-16 (Hangu)

ElectionMemberParty
2002Akhunzada Muhammad Sadiq MMA
2008Syed Haider Ali Shah ANP
2013Khial Zaman Aurak Zai PTI
2018Khial Zaman Aurak Zai PTI

Provincial Assembly

The district is represented by two elected MPAs in the provincial assembly who represent the following constituencies:

Education

Various public and private schools and colleges exist in district of Hangu. Hangu population is near by 0.8 million people and they demand for university in 2013. Agriculture University campus was to be built in Hangu City but still the project is in pending while funds transfer to Charsada University during ANP government. Recently the government degree college Hangu start BS Hons 4-year program under Kohat University of Science and Technology.

Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School (formerly Government High School Ibrahim Zai) is located in the district.[5] Aitzaz Hasan was a student of this school who was killed in January 2014 while trying to prevent a suicide bomber from entering his school.

See also

References
  1. "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  2. 1998 District Census report of Hangu. Census publication. 95. Islamabad: Population Census Organization, Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan. 2000.
  3. "Hangu". Provincial Assembly of NWFP. Retrieved 2009-01-11.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2017-11-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Bravery award for teen bomb hero Archived 2014-01-11 at the Wayback Machine" (Archive). IOL News. 11 January 2014. Retrieved on 11 January 2014.

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