Hangu, Pakistan

Hangu
  • هنګو
  • ہنگو
Old railway bridge in Hangu
Old railway bridge in Hangu
Hangu is located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Hangu
Hangu
Hangu is located in Pakistan
Hangu
Hangu
Coordinates: 33°32′N 71°4′E / 33.533°N 71.067°E / 33.533; 71.067
Country Pakistan
Province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionKohat
DistrictHangu
TehsilHangu
Government
 • ChairmanAamir Ghani (IND)
Elevation
810 m (2,660 ft)
Population
 • City48,764
 • Rank27th, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
Area code0925

Hangu (Pashto: هنګو, Urdu: ہنگو) is a city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is the largest city and namesake of Hangu District and is the third-largest city in Kohat Division, after Karak and Kohat. In 1998, Hangu was the second-largest city in the division. Hangu is the 27th largest city in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The principal language of the city is Pashto.

  1. ^ "POPULATION AND HOUSEHOLD DETAIL FROM BLOCK TO DISTRICT LEVEL KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (HANGU DISTRICT)" (PDF). HANGU_BLOCKWISE.pdf. Pakistan Bureau of Statistics. 3 January 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2020.