Kohistan District, Pakistan

Indus Kohistan
کوہستان
District
Location of the former Kohistan District (highlighted in red) in Pakistan
Location of the former Kohistan District (highlighted in red) in Pakistan
Coordinates: 35°15′N 73°30′E / 35.250°N 73.500°E / 35.250; 73.500
CountryPakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
DivisionHazara
Established1 October 1976-2014
HeadquartersDasu
Area
 • Total
7,492 km2 (2,893 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
784,711
 • Density100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Kohistan District, also known as Indus Kohistan (Kohistani: سندھُ کوستَیں)[2][3] and Hazara Kohistan,[4] was a former District within the Hazara Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Consisting of eastern portion of the larger Kohistan region, it was bifurcated into two districts in 2014: Upper Kohistan and Lower Kohistan. In 2017, the Lower Kohistan District was further bifurcated and a district Kolai-Palas was established.[5][6] It has an area of 7,492 square kilometres (2,893 sq mi) and a population of 472,570 according to the 1998 Census.[7]

Geographically, Kohistan stretched from Gilgit-Baltistan in the north to the Mansehra District in the east to the Battagram District and Shangla and Swat districts in the west.[8]

  1. ^ "DISTRICT WISE CENSUS RESULTS CENSUS 2017" (PDF). www.pbscensus.gov.pk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 August 2017.
  2. ^ Frembgen, Jürgen Wasim (1999). "Indus Kohistan An Historical and Ethnographie Outline". Central Asiatic Journal. 43 (1): 70–98. ISSN 0008-9192. JSTOR 41928174.
  3. ^ Karandashev, Victor (24 December 2016). Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts. Springer. p. 189. ISBN 978-3-319-42683-9.
  4. ^ "Kohistan Valley". Vertical Explorers. 8 May 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2024.
  5. ^ Report, Bureau (16 January 2014). "KP govt creates new Kohistan district". DAWN.COM. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ "Kolai-Palas notified as new district". www.thenews.com.pk. 26 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Brochure of District Kohistan NWFP" (PDF). 1998.
  8. ^ Kanga, Shruti; Singh, Suraj Kumar; Meraj, Gowhar; Farooq, Majid (15 February 2022). Geospatial Modeling for Environmental Management: Case Studies from South Asia. CRC Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-1-000-53920-2.