Mamund Subdivision

Mamund Subdivision (Pashto: ماموند‬) is a subdivision located in Bajaur District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Mamund is the largest tehsil of district Bajaur.

Mamund

ماموند‬
Subdivision
Location of Mamund Subdivision in the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Country Pakistan
Region Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DistrictBajaur District
Established1960
Population
  Total311,873
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)


Edit By # Ziauddin Khan Mamund

History

Bajaur was declared as a subdivision of the former Malakand Agency in 1960, and Mamund was established as a tehsil within the Bajaur subdivision. Bajaur was declared a Federally Administered Tribal Agency in December 1973.[2] Mamund Subdivision joined Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on May 31, 2018 with the merger of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. It was previously a tehsil before the FATA Interim Governance Regulation, 2018 was signed by President Mamnoon Hussain. With FATA's merger to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, its status was upgraded to a subdivision.[3]

Geography

Adjacent administrative units

Demographics

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
198183,102    
1998168,283+4.24%
2017311,873+3.30%
[4][1]

Mamund Subdivision has a population of 311,873 and has 35,269 households according to the 2017 census.[1]

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