Peshawar District

Peshawar
District
Peshawar district location in the Pakistan Peshawar district location in the Pakistan
Country	Pakistan
Province	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Capital	Peshawar
Area
• Total	1,257 km2 (485 sq mi)
Population (2014)
• Total	3,575,000
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,400/sq mi)
Time zone	PST (UTC+5)

Peshawar is the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, located at the north-west end of Pakistan about 160 km west of the federal capital Islamabad.

History

Peshawar has a geo-strategically important location and an enriched history. This city has seen the rise and fall of many civilizations. It was once the center of Gandhara civilization and has subsequently been ruled by Persians, Greeks, Buddhists, Kushans, Afghans, Mughals, Sikhs and the British. The original district of Peshawar was a district of the North-West Frontier Province of British India. At independence in 1947 the old Peshawar District became Peshawar Division, containing the current district of Peshawar. However, under the latest revision of Pakistan's administrative structure, promulgated in 2001, Peshawar was also given the status of a city district.

Administration

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Map of Peshawer district

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

• PK-1 (Peshawar-1)
• PK-2 (Peshawar-2)
• PK-3 (Peshawar-3)
• PK-4 (Peshawar-4)
• PK-5 (Peshawar-5)
• PK-6 (Peshawar-6)
• PK-7 (Peshawar-7)
• PK-8 (Peshawar-8)
• PK-9 (Peshawar-9)
• PK-10 (Peshawar-10)
• PK-11 (Peshawar-11)

There is only one tehsil in the district i.e. Peshawar tehsil. District Peshawar has been divided into 279 mouzas (Revenue Villages), out of which 236 are rural, 15 are urban and 28 mouzas are partly urban. Also, there are 30 police stations in the district. The district is represented in the provincial assembly by two elected MPAs who represent the following constituencies: